And in true free-trade fashion, since both parties are being made better off by consummating the transaction on mutually acceptableterms, charges of greed should be greatly reduced.
The NBA fight has clearly been a multipronged one, with big market and small market owners lacking unanimity over acceptableterms for much of the process, and players divided over whether the latest offer is sufficient.
NATO's doves have been persuaded to renew their support for the air campaign, that must in part reflect their cautious hope that Serbia can be persuaded, with Russian help, to sue for peace on acceptableterms in the next few weeks.