1999 Seattle WTO Ministerial Conference and Anti-Globalization Protests

1. Marrakesh Agreement establishes the WTO framework

   Apr 15, 1994Labels: Marrakesh Agreement, World Trade

   • WTO Timeline
   • WTO Legal

2. World Trade Organization begins operations

   Jan 1, 1995Labels: World Trade

   • WTO Timeline
   • Trade gov

3. Geneva ministerial sets up path to Seattle

   May 18, 1998Labels: Geneva Ministerial, WTO

   • WTO MinConf
   • WTO Seattle

4. WTO announces Seattle ministerial plan and goals

   Jun 28, 1999Labels: WTO, Seattle Ministerial

   • WTO Release

5. Indymedia begins publishing ahead of Seattle

   Nov 24, 1999Labels: Indymedia, activist media

   • Indymedia
   • Britannica

6. Mass mobilization begins around the WTO meetings

   Nov 28, 1999Labels: Global Justice, coalition groups

   • Britannica
   • WTO Seattle

7. Third WTO Ministerial Conference opens in Seattle

   Nov 30, 1999Labels: Third Ministerial, Seattle

   • WTO Seattle
   • USTR 1999

8. Direct actions disrupt opening day WTO events

   Nov 30, 1999Labels: Direct Action, police response

   • Britannica
   • Seattle Times

9. Seattle declares civil emergency and imposes curfew

   Nov 30, 1999Labels: Seattle Mayor, civil emergency

   • Seattle Archives
   • Seattle Times

10. Conference is halted without launching a new round

    Dec 3, 1999Labels: Mike Moore, Charlene Barshefsky

    • Congress gov
    • WTO Seattle

11. Doha Round launches as a post-Seattle reset

    Nov 14, 2001Labels: Doha Round, WTO

    • WTO DDA
    • WTO Doha

12. Seattle settles claims over wrongful mass arrests

    Jan 16, 2004Labels: Seattle settlement, mass arrests

    • Seattle Protests