In ten pages this paper examines the controversies surrounding the promotion of globalization by the World Trade Organization. Ten sources are listed in the bibliography.
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reliability of transportation have created an environment where the model of commercialism and capitalism has taken over from mercantilism, extending and expanding the boundaries that are breached with the claim
that all arties benefit. This we know is a contentious issues, and with the anti capitalist demonstrations we must appreciate that there are many arguments against global trade and how
it impacts of less developed countries. At best it may be seen as an uneven benefit, where the powerful rich countries benefit disproportionately to the poorer third world countries, at
worst it may be seen as taking advantage of the poorer countries, stripping them of their resources and forcing new cultures upon them, creating poverty and them, and placing them
into a negative loan cycle where debt mount so high most of their budget is taken up paying interest rather than feeding or caring for their populations. We may argue
that this is the commercial paradigm on which the world operates, however, if we are considering the role of the World Trade Organisation we must also consider that this is
both a creation of this trading paradigm as well as reflective of its values, propagating the idea of free trade with both its advantages as well as its disadvantages.
If we wish to consider the role of the World Trade Organisation we need to consider its formation and background as well as how it has operating in the first
few years of its existence. It is only by considering this reality, rather than the theory, that we may start to understand the controversial role of the World Trade Organisation
(WTO). The way in which the WTO may be seen as operating can be as an organisation that seeks to reduce the barrier to trade making it easier for