Answer:
opposition to free trade agreements in the late twentieth century
Step-by-step explanation:
The "Declaration for Global Democracy" reflects opposition to free trade agreements in the late twentieth century. The major powers of the world have taken measures to reduce tariffs on imports, thus making the movement of goods and companies across the globe easier. The United States approved the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1993 and joined the new World Trade Organization in 1994 with the goal of reducing or eliminating tariffs. Free trade and economic globalization are defended by many, such as columnist Thomas Friedman, as a positive development that will create greater understanding in the world and will raise living standards in developing countries. Others, such as protestors at the 1999 meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle, condemn globalization as reducing environmental protections and shifting manufacturing jobs to sweatshops in poor countries.