AP Success - AP World History: Global Financial Institutions
Source 1
"Opponents of global financial powers threatened Tuesday to shut down World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings next month, but pledged to avoid the violence that paralyzed Seattle during world trade talks. . . The protest groups view the IMF and the World Bank, both based in Washington, as institutions whose programs have failed these countries while enriching corporations and degrading the environment. Demonstrators, including U.S. labor unions, will use the occasion to challenge the Clinton administration's efforts to secure congressional approval of normal trade relations with China."
Harry Dunphy, "Protesters Threaten to Shut Down World Bank-IMF Meeting," March 14, 2000.
Question 1
According to the source, what was the primary reason for the protests against the World Bank and IMF in 2000?
Question 2
The protests mentioned in the source were similar to those in Seattle during world trade talks in that they:
Question 3
The involvement of U.S. labor unions in the protests against the World Bank and IMF suggests that:
Question 4
The source indicates that the protesters pledged to avoid violence. This suggests that the protesters:
Question 5
The reference to the Clinton administration's efforts to secure congressional approval of normal trade relations with China indicates that:
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