>>Or is US policy really reflective of a global consensus among the rich?<<
No, it's an American consensus of where the US needs to go to pull off the next round of US-dominated 'globalization', with or without the WTO. There is practically nothing in it for the elites in Germany or Japan this time around, as many have realized too late. CJ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com