There may come a day when the G-8 protestors who daubed graffiti on the Geneva headquarters of the World Trade Organisation will find themselves pining for the much maligned WTO. At the Doha Round of world trade talks, the United States is already making plans for life without another multilateral institution. Last month, Robert Zoellick, the Bush Administration’s point-man on trade relations, told Reuters that the U.S. is building a “Coalition of liberalizers” in case the Doha Round doesn’t reach fruition. The impetus for the U.S.’s new go-it-alone posture was a decision last August by the U.S. Congress to grant the President so-called Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). Armed with TPA, the Administration can negotiate free trade deals which Congress can either approve or reject, but cannot subject to amendment or lengthy analysis. And the new negotiating authority has freed the President to consummate relationships with multiple trading partners.