The Third WTO Ministerial Conference was held in Seattle, Washington State, US between 30 November and 3 December 1999.

Brochures and fact sheets

WTO: What in the World It Means (Fact sheets)
Read more about the what the WTO means: for Canadians' rights, for the food Canadians eat, to Canada's schools and hospitals, to Canada's water and forests, and to Canadian culture...

A WTO primer (Fact sheet by Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke)
A WTO Hit List: When the WTO convenes in Seattle, it intends to accelerate its agenda of liberalization and privatization. Canadians stand to lose in the following 10 areas...

WTO backgrounder (Fact sheet)
What is the WTO?, enforcing the rules, the WTO and the MAI, the WTO versus the public interest, Canada and the post-war trading system: a chronology...

A GATS primer (Fact Sheet by Maude Barlow)
What is the GATS? History of the WTO, the service transnationals, what's in the GATS?, what's proposed for the GATS?, how the GATS will affect you, what we can do...

Key points on the Canadian GATS position (Fact sheet)
Summary of Canada's position on: health, education, energy privatization, deregulation, and environmental protection...

Stop the GATS (Fact sheet)
Read all about the GATS and the services it could impact: They're At It Again, Don't Gamble With Public Education!, Don't Gamble With Canadian Culture!, Don't Gamble With Public Health Care!, Don't Gamble With Canada's Water!...

Recent developments in the GATS negotiations (Fact sheet)
Why local governments should be concerned. Trade officials are currently trying to convince local governments that they will be unaffected by the GATS. They make three major claims...

Reports and Analysis

Sectoral Analyses of the WTO Draft Ministerial Declaration (Report)

The Battle After Seattle: A Working Paper for Strategic Planning & Action on the WTO (Report by Maude Barlow Tony Clarke)

Position paper on the WTO (Report)

Articles and Letters

The Next MAI: The latest threat to Medicare and public education has some familiar teeth and claws (Article by Ellen Gould)