Quito, Ecuador—It was a scene without precedent, even in the stormy recent history of trade negotiations. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick sat onstage with more than a dozen other economic ministers from across the hemisphere, flanked by activists holding signs that read, in Spanish, “Yes to life!” “No to the FTAA!” and “Another America is Possible!” The audience—a raucous crowd of… return to article
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