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PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
Friday 3rd December 1999
"Seattle Seven"
Earth-Wreckers announced
Friends of the Earth
International hosted the first annual WTO
Earth Wrecker Awards at the 1999 Seattle
Ministerial. In the run up to and during the
Ministerial, a few governments and
corporations stood out from all the rest, due
to their relentless efforts to promote trade
policies that threaten people and the
planet.
This year’s awards go
to:
Canada and Monsanto
for pushing GM foods down
our throats
The United States
and the American Forest and
Paper Association
for failing the world’s
forests
The European Union and
Nestle
for pushing unwanted
investment on the developing world
A seventh, "people’s
choice" award was made for the corporate
executive or government negotiator who
received the most votes in FOE’s "Seattle
Challenge" expose of the shadowy figures
behind trade liberalization. The lucky winner
was:
Charlene Barshefsky
For telling bare-faced lies
to the media about transparency and forests -
with style!
Contact: Ian Willmore, 206 953 3073
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