IT IS NEARLY a decade since I was tear-gassed in a Seattle street – a strange situation for the chief executive officer (CEO) of one of the biggest retailers in the world. It was the end of November 1999, and I was in the city, together with thousands of others, for what proved to be the failed summit of the World Trade Organization (WTO). One day, there were 300 children dressed as turtles, a reference to the WTO decision that it was illegal to discriminate against shrimps caught in nets that also drown 150,000 sea turtles. The next day I was witnessing scenes I had never encountered before. ...
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