Global Trade Watch

This article is about Global Trade Watch (USA). For Global Trade Watch (Australia), see Global Trade Watch (Australia).

Global Trade Watch was founded by Lori Wallach in 1995 as a division of the U.S.-based advocacy group Public Citizen that monitors the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Like Public Citizen in general, GTW advocates for a greater public role in international, federal, state and local policy-making, and for a different set of policies and institutions than those governing the current model of globalization.

Its director and founder, trade lawyer and activist Lori Wallach, has been compared to "Ralph Nader with a sense of humor" in a Wall Street Journal profile, dubbed "the Trade Debate's Guerrilla Warrior" by the National Journal,[1], the "Madame Defarge of Seattle" by the Institute for International Economics[2] and "a key player in Washington debates on trade policy" by The Nation.[3]

Global Trade Watch holds a position on the executive board on the Citizens Trade Campaign and belongs to Our World Is Not For Sale.

External links

• Global Trade Watch Website
• Global Trade Watch Blog: "Eyes On Trade"

References

• Ray Suarez, "The Battle Over CAFTA," PBS Online NewsHour, July 27, 2005.
• William Greider, "Whither the WTO," The Nation, July 26, 2006.
• Kate Ackley, "Trade Lobbyists: Agenda Doesn’t Stop With Doha," Roll Call, July 26, 2006.
• Paul Blustein, "Failed Trade Talks Usher in Uncertainty, WTO System Could Weaken After Breakdown Puts Globalization on Unclear Path," Washington Post, July 26, 2006.