World Trade Organization Online Resources

Created my Mark Horney, Ph.D.
Center for Advanced Technology in Education (CATE)
College of Education, University of Oregon
July, 200

1. Official Websites
   
   1. World Trade Organization
      
      1. http://www.wto.org/
         
      2. The official website of the WTO. Includes information about the institution, text of relevant treaties, annual reports, trade statistics, regular assessments of the global trade picture, and a forum for public comment.
         
   2. NAFTA Secretariat
      
      1. http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/
         
      2. Official site for the North American Free Trade Agreement.
         
   3. International Monetary Fund
      
      1. http://www.imf.org/ . Also http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm and http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2002/06/index.htm on financial development.
         
   4. The World Bank
      
      1. http://www.worldbank.org/
         
      2. Official site
         
   5. The Economist Magazine
      
      1. http://www.economist.com/
         
      2. A premier magazine covering all aspects of economics. Access to some materials requires membership, others are available such as those by Jagdish N. Bhagwati, a professor at Columbia: http://www.columbia.edu/~jb38/ .
         
   6. Foreign Affairs
      
      1. Premier journal covering international relations
         
      2. http://www.foreignaffairs.org/
         
2. Opposition Websites
   
   1. The Globalization Website
      
      1. http://www.emory.edu/SOC/globalization/index.html
         
      2. This site is operated by faculty members and students at Emory University; some parts of it are organized around Emory courses. There are explanations of issues related to globalization and an extensive list of links to data sources,organized by topics such as country, culture, development health, politics, population, environment, and economics.
         
   2. Stop the FTAA
      
      1. http://www.stopftaa.org/index.html
         
      2. Sponsored by the "Freedom Rising Affinity Group: http://www.freedomrising.org/
         
      3. Documents and activist information in opposition to free trade agreements.
         
   3. NAFTA: The Harsh Reality
      
      1. http://www.fairtradewatch.org/nafta/
         
      2. Sponsored by the United Steelworkers of America
         
   4. Grassroots Globalization Network
      
      1. http://www.earthisland.org/ggn/index.html
         
      2. "The mission of Grassroots Globalization Network is to promote locally-based, participatory economic institutions and practices that empower people to create and nurture sustainable and equitable communities."
         
3. News Sources
   
   1. Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics
      
      1. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/glossary/
         
      2. Alan Deardorff is a professor of international economics a the University of Michigan. This glossary includes an extensive list vocabulary words with interlinked definitions and explanations. There is also a bibliography of papers and articles with short annotations and links into the definitions.
         
   2. WTO History Project
      
      1. http://depts.washington.edu/wtohist/
         
      2. This website is part of an ongoing project at the University of Washington studying the protests that took place at the WTO meeting in Seattle in 1999. It contains a set of interviews with organizers of protesting organizations, a collection of photographs, reproductions of signs, flyers, posters, and planning documents.
         
   3. PBS-Public Broadcasting
      
      1. http://www.pbs.org/
         
      2. Searchable database of segments produced by PBS. All include transcripts and many downloadable audio and video files. Interviews with leading experts and officials. See for instance http://www.pbs.org/globalization/
         
   4. National Public Radio
      
      1. http://www.npr.org/
         
      2. Searchable database of segments producted by NPR.
         
   5. The New York Times on the Web
      
      1. http://nytimes.com/
         
      2. Searchable archive of all NYT's articles since 1996. Special sections on International business.
         
      3. Requires users to register. Articles from the last 7 days are free, as well as summaries of all others. Complete articles can be ordered for between $1-$3.
         
   6. The Seattle Times
      
      1. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/home/
         
      2. Free searchable archive of all Seattle Times articles since 1996.
         
      3. See for instance: "Why WTO united so many foes." http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=what&date=19991206&query=world+trade+organization