Every one of us has probably seen reports or heard something about demonstrations against globalization when international organizations like the WTO meet. One example was the G8 meeting in July 2001.
So we have to ask us the question why there are some people who protest against globalization and also against the free trade the WTO stands for.
The main complain and concern of these groups is unfairness. They say free trade is unfair, the low wages are unfair, the poor working conditions of foreign workers, the environmental standards in less developed countries, the high profits of multinational corporations, the inequality in incomes around the world, everything is unfair. If these reproofs are true it would mean that also free trade and globalization is unfair.
However the people of international institutions and multinational corporations who are in favour of free trade and globalisation also use the term fairness in their arguments.
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