The treaty to seal the round, signed in 1994, enormously increased the scope of trade rules.
Indeed, the question presented in a majority of recent Supreme Court Takings Clause cases has involved the scope of those rules.
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In these rules lies the scope for an upset.
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We also sought nominations of rules that needed to be extended or expanded and, in an important innovation, included guidance documents and paperwork requirements as well as rules within the scope of the solicitation.
To kick-start an oil-services industry, Norway calibrated its national-content rules realistically in scope and duration, required foreign suppliers to work closely with local firms and forced Statoil, its national oil company, to bid against rivals to develop fields.
All the rest results from changes in the scope of the program or the rules the government used to estimate costs.
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Whether in the form of the Geneva Conventions, rules of engagement, or codes of conduct, those rules help define the scope of the battle and provide at least some clarity to the participants on what they can expect from their opponent.
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One danger today is that, under WTO rules, some countries have scope to put tariffs up without breaching their legal limits.
But the public has a right to know the scope of what Washington does with all these rules and diktats: what they are supposed to achieve, what their costs are--and what they actually achieve.
As for the Senate investigation headed up by Tennessee Republican Fred Thompson, CNN has learned that Lott will push the Rules Committee later this week to limit its scope.
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