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To: FaultLine who started this subject3/17/2003 8:34:56 PM
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U.S. Unilateralism Worries Trade Officials
By ELIZABETH BECKER

GENEVA, March 16 — Top officials at the World Trade Organization say they are worried that the Bush administration's go-it-alone policy is threatening international trade.

In the normally closed, clubby world of the trade organization, envoys and officials said they feared that American moves within the organization and toward a potential war in Iraq would weaken respect for international rules and lead to serious economic consequences.

In the past several months the United States has compiled a long record of violating trade rules and has single-handedly blocked an agreement to provide medicines for the world's poorest nations, a rare occurrence in this institution that painstakingly builds consensus behind closed doors...

..."I can feel the sense of trepidation," Mr. Supachai said in an interview. "Whatever happens, if the U.S. will maintain the way we use multilateral solutions, it will be highly appreciated."

That delicate expression of concern was repeated by some of America's strongest allies. They said they were worried that all international institutions would suffer a loss of credibility if the one superpower appeared to be choosing which rules to obey...

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