>Quote of the week, for sheer arrogance and hypocrisy, has to go to US Trade
>Representative Robert Zoellick who, the Asia Times reports, described China
>as a "running dog of European imperialism", after Beijing's move to raise
>its first trade dispute at the WTO against the US over the protectionist and
>unilateral steel tariffs it imposed.
I thought that China's first move on steel was to protest the counter-measures of Europe against the USA, which were hitting her too.
But although the tactless remark was spoken in jest no doubt, it shows how close to the surface the inter-imperialist rivalries are getting.
It is very foolish tactically because it will exacerbate a tendency for Europe and east Asia to unite against US hegemonism.
This trend will little by little continue.
Chris Burford
London