IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM:

Apec urges end to trade stalemate (BBC, 11/19/05)

Pacific Rim leaders have ended their summit in South Korea by pressing for Europe to lift obstacles to global trade at talks next month. [...]

The combined economies of Apec - which also includes China and Russia - represent 57% of the world economy.

Their leaders are seeking a breakthrough in the World Trade Organization's (WTO) so-called Doha round of talks.

So it's not as if France and Venezuela will be missed.

Posted by Orrin Judd at November 19, 2005 8:24 AM