ANDRIA HALL, CNN ANCHOR: President Clinton championed globalization Saturday as he addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Not everyone in town for the meeting agreed with his agenda. CNN's Matthew Chance has details.</s>MATTHEW CHANCE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): An outpouring of anger on the streets of Davos against the gathering in this Swiss town of the corporate and political elite, whose business, say these protesters, has too much power and influence in the world.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm here to fight the global corporation. I'm here to fight what they do, and I'm here to fight the power they get on the political people.</s>CHANCE (on camera): Why?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Why? Because it's bad. Because they completely destroy the planet, because they exploit people, because they don't respect human rights. That's why.</s>CHANCE (voice-over): With so many world leaders gathering here, security in Davos has been tight. The Swiss riot police appeared to</s>WILLIAM J. CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Let me be clear. I do not agree with those who say we should halt the work of the WTO or postpone a new trade round, but I do not agree with those who view with contempt the new forces seeking to be heard in the global dialog. Globalization is empowering people with information everywhere.</s>CHANCE: There are now attempts to widen the debate. Concerns about globalization appear to be taking a consistently belligerent course. (on camera): But at no point were these protests anywhere near on the scale of those seen in Seattle last year. But they are another instance of vocal opposition to the power and interests of big business. Matthew Chance, CNN Davos, Switzerland.
Clinton Champions Globalization Amid Protests in Davos