t nine years. In reaction to this the WTO declared that this public health law was a “barrier to trade” and should be abolished. (gloalexchange) As a result, domestic governments can’t act in the interest of the public anymore in situations like this and the European Union was hit with $116 million in tariffs on its goods. (Sforza, Wallach)The WTO does have benefits, however, the negative rulings have a very large negative effect on people and governments on a national level. In short what we have in the WTO is a global system of the multinationals, by the multinationals and for the multinationals. ...
