Manila may be turning from Washington to Beijing as its primary economic and security partner in the Asian-Pacific region.

Peter Sutherland was scheduled to step down today as head of the World Trade Organization, yet there is no consensus candidate to replace him.

America's decision to torpedo the international trade talks on financial services is a striking demonstration of the abdication of leadership by this country in the multilateral trading system.

The issue is the selection of a leader for the new World Trade Organization.

Menchuembodies a projection of Western Marxist and feminist views onto South American Indian culture, which is manipulated and distorted to serve Western political objectives.

Fast track legislation is dead for this year; and indeed, the likelihood is that fast track authority will not be granted again by Congress until the next president comes into office in 2001.