“On September 20, 2001, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick announced that the Bush administration would be ‘countering terror with trade.’ In a Washington Post Op-Ed, Zoellick argued that ‘free trade’ and ‘freedom’ are inextricably linked and that trade ‘promotes the values at the heart of this protected struggle.’ In the name of fighting terror, he called for the passage of a series of corporate globalization agreements–including negotiations to expand the WTO [World Trade Organization] and Fast Track authority–which had already been the topic of serious Congressional debate and conflict. …Literally wrapping the administration in the flag, Zoellick declared that ‘Congress, working with the Bush administration, has an opportunity to shape history by raising the flag of American economic leadership. The terrorists deliberately chose the World Trade towers as their target. While their blow toppled the towers, it cannot and will not shake the foundation of world trade and freedom.’ ”
– Antonia Juhasz, The Bush Agenda, Pages 17-18