Epstein Secrets

in the prospect of Russian membership of the OECD rich- country club? Or a free-trade agreement with the

ty. It helped to bring about a slightly more constructive Russian attitude to Iran's nuclear ambitions. And it secured Russia's imminent entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Just as with China a decade ago, WTO membership should press Russia to compete more openly and fairly in world markets and to abide more clo

that American democracy is for sale and that the rich have more power than the poor, even as lobbyists

may thus find that they are unable to keep promises they have made to voters. International organisations such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organisation and the European Union have extended their influence. There is a compelling logic to much of this: how can a single country deal with problems like

ferent rules apply, a founda- tional principle of the World Trade Organ- isation. Beijing also claims that the country itself is a

life to be able to learn so much about Chi- na’s rich civilization, political theo- ries and the whole