WTO Fights Back.(World Trade Organization meets after Seattle protest)(Brief Article)(Critical Essay)

The battle in Seattle may have got the WTO's attention, but it hasn't smartened them up. Bruce Silvergiade of the Center for Science in the Public Interest attended a Washington insiders' seminar on the WTO entitled "After Seattle: Restoring the Momentum in the WTO" and reported these comments:

* Lord Parkinson, former Margaret Thatcher advisor, argued against ever having another WTO meeting on U.S. soil because it is too easy for advocacy groups to organize there.

* Luiz Felipe, foreign minister of Brazil, …