Who's Afraid of the WTO?

Who is afraid of the WTO, the World Trade Organization? The list is long and varied. Many workers -- and the unions that represent them -- claim that WTO agreements increase import competition and threaten their jobs. Environmentalists accuse the WTO of encouraging pollution and preventing governments from defending national environmental standards. Human rights advocates block efforts to impose trade sanctions in defense of human rights. While anticapitalist protesters regard the WTO as a ...