Seattle: WTO-free zone

[Lisa & Ian Murray]

Boeing Machinists are fed up with all the offset deals Condit's been writing
behind their backs and the Microserfs are too busy tuning up their jet skis
for another summer on lake Washington...

Ian
Seattle


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Doug Henwood
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 1999 9:09 AM
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Seattle: WTO-free zone
>
>
> Today's WSJ reports that Seattle is "bracing for protesters" at the World
> Trade Organization meeting this November. It says Seattle's city council
> has voted "to make the city a global-investment-treaty-free zone." Seattle
> is home to Boeing and Microsoft, two companies with massive global sales
> that thrive on the tightened intellectual property restrictions and
> pried-open trade regimes embodied in WTO/MAI-style treaties. Can any
> northwesterners on the list enlighten me on how the locals reconcile this?
>
> Doug
>