He much preferred the rapid, self-assured style of CNN’s reporters, but that news program didn’t provide the international coverage he was listening for. He had been pacing Salvador’s dark bridge, waiting to hear the results of the latest international trade agreements and learn how the U.S. Congress would respond. The countries that had signed the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade were meeting in New York. One of the subjects on their agenda involved lifting the embargo that the United States had placed on tuna caught with dolphins. Benny was hoping the BBC’s economic reporter would include news from the GATT meeting, and his expectation was fulfilled. Over the shortwave radio’s loudspeaker came the BBC report, “In a recent decision against the Americans, the GATT panel ruled that the United States had violated international trade agreements when it banned tuna imports because the fish were caught using methods that kill dolphins. In Washington, the U.S. Congress has directed the American president, through the U.S.
