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Dispute settlement was the novelty: binding rulings with a right to countermeasures. China's entry in 2001 is probably the single decision that has shifted the most economic weight in recent times. The organisation also became a focal point for opposition to globalisation, and the Seattle protests of 1999 put that argument before a wide public.
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