You accuse President Bush of leaving his free-trade principles behind.

As a result, even economists known for their advocacy of free-trade principles have criticized the Administration little in the last two weeks.

But there is one area where Mr. Clinton's tough-cop act could produce huge dividends without damaging free-trade principles: international airline travel.

The European governments, which are generally less committed to free-trade principles than Washington, have also imposed restrictions on a broader array of imports.

One is the continued wide acceptance of free-trade principles among economists and other intellectuals, which has put constant pressure on opponents of the negotiating authority.

Some countries contend that such authority is incompatible with GATT's free-trade principles.

In so doing, he essentially laid out a way for Mr. Clinton and other Democrats to criticize the agreement while still supporting free-trade principles.

And with reason: They managed to dismantle protectionist rules that were anathema to the President's free-trade principles.

Original leading articles, in which free-trade principles will be most rigidly applied to all the important questions of the day.

The Japanese are dead set against numerical targets, which they label managed trade that violates free-trade principles.