Now why do you think that the people who are against Globalization, American hegemony, America's corrupting influence on the world, Capitalism and it evil consequences, the people who come out of their caves every time there is a WTO meet, disappear when it comes to the French?
Where are the hordes of Muslim protesters who come out to trample upon the US flag (in a mosque in Lucknow) or in the streets of Karachi over alleged treatment of Muslims by the US when they realize that it is France and not the US which has been mistreating its Muslim immigrants? Are they are drunk on French wine? Maybe they are too busy watching French models cat walking down the fashion aisles in Paris! Look at what happened during the recently concluded Hong Kong round of the World Trade Organization. Here's what the NY Times had to say about it: The talks were supposed to move countries toward eliminating all of the trade-distorting subsidies that America, Japan and Europe employ to give their coddled farmers an unfair leg up on the global competition. Doha also called for liberalization in services, which would be extremely beneficial to rich countries. But since those countries, egged on by France, balked at making good on their promises to liberalize farm trade, which would help poor countries, those poor countries weren't exactly feeling very amenable to liberalizing services. But the interests of textile companies in America and farmers in France and Japan continue to mean more in the trade negotiating world than the fate of a hungry child in West Africa. In my opinion, the United States has done more than its fair share in advancing the cause of Globalization. It is the Europeans, specially the French and the Germans who get into this drag and retreat mode. And yet, due to some reason, it is the US which always bears the brunt of anger in a lot of developing nations. What gives?
Where are the hordes of Muslim protesters who come out to trample upon the US flag (in a mosque in Lucknow) or in the streets of Karachi over alleged treatment of Muslims by the US when they realize that it is France and not the US which has been mistreating its Muslim immigrants? Are they are drunk on French wine? Maybe they are too busy watching French models cat walking down the fashion aisles in Paris! Look at what happened during the recently concluded Hong Kong round of the World Trade Organization. Here's what the NY Times had to say about it: The talks were supposed to move countries toward eliminating all of the trade-distorting subsidies that America, Japan and Europe employ to give their coddled farmers an unfair leg up on the global competition. Doha also called for liberalization in services, which would be extremely beneficial to rich countries. But since those countries, egged on by France, balked at making good on their promises to liberalize farm trade, which would help poor countries, those poor countries weren't exactly feeling very amenable to liberalizing services. But the interests of textile companies in America and farmers in France and Japan continue to mean more in the trade negotiating world than the fate of a hungry child in West Africa. In my opinion, the United States has done more than its fair share in advancing the cause of Globalization. It is the Europeans, specially the French and the Germans who get into this drag and retreat mode. And yet, due to some reason, it is the US which always bears the brunt of anger in a lot of developing nations. What gives?