Daily WTO Updates from Hong Kong Sound Off and Get Published: Write Your Local Newspaper about Wal-Mart and the WTO Last week, trade ministers from the 149 World Trade Organization (WTO) signatory countries met in Hong Kong for the WTO 6th Ministerial summit. As usual, the protests were massive and the talks barely survived, punting controversies back to negotiators in Geneva. The most astonishing news out of the summit came from Public Citizen's new report that revealed a frightening corporate strategy. Wal-Mart and other retailers are lobbying for global rules in the WTO that could be used to challenge local communities' land use laws on "big box" stores! Read our press release and download our report on Wal-Mart and the WTO. It's critical that word gets out about this abuse of democracy at the WTO--we can't lose our most important tool to build sustainable communities. Help out by getting your viewpoint published in your local newspaper. You can send in a letter through our website by following the instructions on our website, starting below! Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware D.C. Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Newfoundland New Brunswick Nova Scotia Northwest Territories Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Territory Other   About GTW   |   Contact Us   |   Write Your Rep   |   Support Us Public Citizen employees are member SEIU Local 500. We support the right of workers in the United States and around the world to organize freely. Union Yes! Copyright ? 2005 Public Citizen. All Rights Reserved 215 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20003