Reply #86: Confused

[Nederland]

The WTO, with it's secret tribunals, sovereignty issues, and undemocratic practices needs to be reformed or scrapped. In November of 1999, people in my city, after months of teach ins and education marched in the streets and helped shut down the WTO.

It was my understanding that the WTO ruled by consensus, and that's why the poorer countries of the world were able to bring the talks to a halt. If the WTO's structure gives poorer countries this power, what exactly do have a problem with? To me, this incident is proof that the organization is very democratic and working just fine.