> Sure, but my point would be that regulating trade by means of the WTO
> potentially gives the periphery more options than, say, policies cooked up
> directly by the US Empire. For one thing, you can play off one
> neoliberalism against another, as China is doing with admirable finesse.
>
> -- DRR
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Preciely why the USG has beefed up on doing bilateral trade treaties. Monkeywrenching the MAI was a big catalyst for switching to plan B.