The new cosmopolitan
A worldly spin from George Bush
LAST month the hemisphere, this month the world. George Bush says he is sick of America “failing to make the case for trade” worldwide. Yet much of the blame is his. In the field of trade, the first part of Mr Bush's presidency has been notable for the flaunting of a planned Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) above all else. It may not now be easy to push regional issues into the wings to make way for his new, world-girdling perspective.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “The new cosmopolitan”
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