Unseemly in Seattle
A WHIFF of scandal surrounds Seattle as it prepares to host a big World Trade Organisation summit in November. The Seattle host committee is accused of offering companies access to government officials in return for their sponsorship money. Ministers from the WTO's 134 member countries are due to attend the Seattle meeting, and to launch a new round of trade-liberalisation talks.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Unseemly in Seattle”
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