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Free Trade Is Not Necessarily Fair Trade |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / SPECIAL REPORT--FREE TRADE FRACAS |
| Author: Kathleen Hwang |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2006 |
| Size: 903 Words, 6,031 Characters |
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The World Trade Organization's sixth ministerial meeting, which opened December 13, 2005, in Hong Kong, attracted 2,167 registered representatives of non-governmental organizations, and several thousand protesters eager to make their voices heard outside the main venue.
Few of these people were supportive of the WTO agenda. Most were critics of a liberalized trade regime, and some -- like the delegations of Korean and Japanese rice farmers -- were desperate to protect their way of life from the encroaching effects of globalization.
Despite the epithets of "free and fair" routinely affixed t...
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...ht fuel the opposition. "Negotiators have to take into account this new reality," he said.
With democratic governments increasingly accountable to their citizenry, and civil society groups growing more vocal, the globalization debate is sure to remain heated for a long time to come. This could yield a more equitable global trading system in the long run.
© 2005 United Press International
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