"The photo-op was Jiang, " says U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky, who led the American team.

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He has urged his American counterpart, Charlene Barshefsky, to intervene to stop businessmen from buying access to public officials.

ECONOMIST: Unseemly in Seattle

His American counterpart, Charlene Barshefsky, who was badly weakened by the disastrous Seattle summit that she chaired, may want to compromise too.

ECONOMIST: Trade

Earlier this month, Charlene Barshefsky, the United States trade representative, threatened to take a telecoms complaint against Mexico to the World Trade Organisation.

ECONOMIST: Mexico

Then last Saturday came a surprise meeting in Beijing between Zhu and the chief American negotiator at the apparently stalled WTO talks, Charlene Barshefsky.

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Charlene Barshefsky, America's embattled trade supremo, needs a success to fend off her critics and Bill Clinton badly wants something to show from Mr Zhu's visit.

ECONOMIST: China and the WTO

If it's a headache policing that in the real world--just ask U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky--imagine what it would be like in cyberspace, dealing with a rogue site that might be hosted in Iran one day and the Cayman Islands the next.

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