WASHINGTON -- In the aftermath of the failed WTO meeting in Seattle last month, the big question is, "What now?"
What now for the WTO? What now for trade policy in the United States? What now for the momentum for more liberalized trade that seemed to be building worldwide?
I am not sure that the Seattle debacle was a defining event in trade policy in the U.S. or whether it was just a serious wakeup call for trade advocates to revamp their strategies and work to develop relationships with those groups they have regarded as enemies -- labor, environmentalists and human rights advocates.