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2 Howse, Robert, From Politics to Technocracy—and Back Again: The Fate of the Multilateral Trading Regime, 96 AJIL 94 (2002)CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

3 The name for this new system is hardly likely to stir passions: it is difficult to imagine anyone marching through the streets of Washington, Brussels, or Geneva demanding, “Networked minimalism!”

4 But see Howse, supra note 2.

5 For a useful analysis of the issues involved in making an “expanded network” idea work, see id.

6 See, e.g., Anne-Marie, Slaughter, Agencies on the Loose: Holding Government Networks Accountable, in Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation 521 (George, A. Bermann, Herdegen, Matthias, & Peter, L. Lindseth eds., 2000)Google Scholar.

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