Learning to love the WTO U.S. trade policy is adrift under siege. America's traditional commitment to open markets is now buffeted by both left right from labor unions environmentalists to big business "America First" isolationists. Fortunately, the advent of the World Trade Organization offers Washington a chance to balance the protectionist threat. If the United States cooperates with the WTO to settle trade disputes multilaterally it can dilute both protectionist pressure at home anti-American resentment abroad. But robust leadership commitment will be needed an either Congress nor President Clinton seems up to the task.