Whose Trade Orginization: A Comprehensive Guide to the World Trade Organization-2nd Edition
By (Author) Ralph Nader
By (author) Lori Wallach
By (author) Patrick Woodall
The New Press
The New Press
8th July 2004
United Kingdom
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
International trade and commerce
Public international law: economic and trade
382.92
Paperback
416
Width 149mm, Height 228mm
658g
Revealing documentation of the WTO's persistent undermining of the attempts by governments around the world to maintain independent standards on everything from food safety and public health to minimum wage and the environment. Contains case-by-case studies that expose secret tribunals and lopsided agreements often arranged by the WTO.
No country can be allowed to resist American cultural imperialism.
Lori Wallach is the director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, which was created in 1995 to promote government and corporate accountability in the globalization and trade arena. GTW promotes a public interest perspective on an array of globalization issues, including implications for health and safety, environmental protection, economic justice, and democratic, accountable governance.