Bush's Quiet Multilateralism
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The administration loves global cooperation when it comes to trade. So
why can't we try it when lives, and not just lucre, are on the line?
By Fareed Zakaria
Newsweek
May 10 issue - The Bush administration has a secret multilateral side.
Did you know that it routinely allows an international organization to
make crucial decisions affecting the lives of all Americans? That it
allows foreigners—unelected bureaucrats in Geneva!—to overrule laws
passed by Congress and signed by the president? No, I haven't gone
crazy. This is pretty much the approach taken by the administration to
the World Trade Organization. Last week a WTO panel ruled that U.S.
cotton subsidies violated international trade rules. Washington will
almost certainly appeal the finding. But if the past is any guide, it
will also almost certainly abide by the WTO's final decision. All of
which, in my view, is exactly right.
Fareed Zakaria
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