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Interview with Mark Ritchie
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| Title | Interview with Mark Ritchie |
| Creator | Interviewer: Jaelle Dragomir
Interviewee: Mark Ritchie
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| Publisher/Affiliation | · Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
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| Place of Publication | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Date | 2000-11-21 |
| Notes | Text of this interview can be found at the following url: http://depts.washington.edu/wtohist/interview_index.htm People discussed in interview: Minskavince Sovern, Margaret Mead, Borsheski [Barshefsky?], Michael Moore.
Places discussed in interview: Europe, Seattle Town Hall Building, Methodist Church (no specific location), Farmers Market, Africa, Latin America, Asia, Thailand, Montreal, Third World, Brazil, China.
Organizations discussed in interview: Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), International Media Center (IMC), U.S. Trade Representatives -- Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee, U.S. delegation to the founding of the WTO, Real Networks, wtowatch, United Steelworkers, trade unions, journalists from labor, United Nations (UN), United Nations Commission on Human Rights, International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP), National Farmers Union (NFU), Farm Bureau.
Summary of interview: Mark Ritchie of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) says his organization attended the WTO ministerial to push for more transparency, citizen participation, and open dialogue among interest groups, opinion leaders, and policy makers. The IATP created an International Media Center which provided computers, communications equipment, and press conference space for journalists and non-profit representatives from around the world. Though the IATP focuses on farmers, Ritchie notes that a variety of organizations, including labor unions, used the facilities. He discusses disagreements over protest strategies and tensions between national and local groups, but says the Seattle protests successfully stopped a destructive round of a new round of negotiations and resulted in "empowered participation by developing country governments." |
| Timeline | After WTO |
| Intended Purpose | Oral History
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| Issue Area | Trade
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| Subjects | World Trade Organization. Ministerial Conference—Personal narratives |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Object Type | Interview
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| Physical Description | Computer file |
| Collection | WTO History Project
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| Contributor | WTO History Project |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Organizations Mentioned | Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), International Media Center (IMC), U.S. Trade Representatives -- Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee, U.S. delegation to the founding of the WTO, Real Networks, wtowatch, United Steelworkers, trade unions, journalists from labor, United Nations (UN), United Nations Commission on Human Rights, International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP), National Farmers Union (NFU), Farm Bureau
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