Battle in Seattle: WTO Talks Collapse, Many Protesters Are Still in Jail

After seven days and nights of demonstrations by tens of thousands of protesters, a rebellion by developing nations and a deadlock among the world’s largest trading powers, an ambitious round of trade negotiations at the World Trade Organization in Seattle collapsed this past week, ending without consensus on any of the main issues on the agenda.


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