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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (711628)	11/7/2005 4:23:10 PM
From: haqihana	Respond to of 769670

Kenny, You're just a plain old failure. Period!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (711628)	11/8/2005 1:09:18 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 769670

South American trip looks like a genuine success... Now lefty loons never see the big prize, only the small stuff to make themselves believe they are not total losers. It's true Mr. Bush made less progress on a Free Trade Agreement for the Americas, but Doha is the far bigger prize. The U.S. has already struck "bilateral" trade accords with Chile, with the nations of Central America, and of course with Mexico (Nafta). Other Latin countries can pursue similar deals if they want, just as they can liberalize their own economies without American prodding. Too many countries have used the future promise of a larger FTAA as an excuse not to do anything in the interim. All of which makes the Lula-Bush entente even more significant. President Lula may be a recovering leftist, but he has governed as a pragmatist and he understands that Brazil's national interest lies in being part of the global economic system. The U.S. also has a stake in liberalizing trade around the world, and especially in Latin America, where protectionist policies have prevented the growth that has done so much to ease poverty in Asia. You might even call all of this an example of "multilateral" U.S. trade diplomacy designed to counter the "unilateral" French. Sooner or later, the press pack will figure out what happened in Brazil, and might even report it. Meantime, we thought our readers would like to hear the good news. The Boys in Brazil WSJ.com November 8, 2005; Page A16 Message 21865161