Huge protests by 50,000 anti-globalization activists greeted the WTO ministerial summit in Seattle in 1999. The mass protests, capped by street barricades and skirmishes with the police, were able to scuttle the ministerial meeting.
Ang pagtutol ng mga umuunlad at di-mauunlad na bansa ay sinabayan ng higanteng protesta ng mga anti-globalization activist noong 1999 Seattle Ministerial meeting ng WTO kung saan nagbarikada sa kalsada ang 50,000 aktibista at matagumpay na napaurong ang ministerial meeting.