U.S. Chamber of Commerce Launches Pro-Trade TV Ad for Seattle WTO

Washington, D.C. — The United States Chamber of Commerce will broadcast the facts about the benefits of trade in a television ad scheduled to run during the week of the Seattle World Trade Organization negotiations.

"U.S. exports have created 12 million good jobs at high wages and lowered prices for consumers," said U.S. Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue.

"Around the world, increased trade raises living standards, opens up closed societies, and generates the wealth needed to pay for social programs," he added. "The protestors who have come to Seattle to fight free trade don't understand that."

The ad will run on CNN, CNN Headline News and CNBC, as well as the Today Show and Good Morning America in Seattle.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest business federation, representing more than three million businesses and organizations of every size, sector and region, and an international network in over 100 countries.

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