John Howard, Australia's prime minister, right, bids goodbye

AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 09: John Howard, Australia's prime minister, right, bids goodbye to Susan Schwab, U.S. trade representative, following his final declaration speech on the last day of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC) meeting in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2007. Some of the 21 members of the group, criticized in the past for being a yearly talking shop about contemporary global crises, said APEC was straying from its founding vision, which was to liberalize trade across the Pacific. APEC's own business council, an advisory group of businessmen, said it was ``deeply disappointed,'' at the leaders' inability to revive trade talks being held by the World Trade Organization. (Photo by Jack Atley/Bloomberg via Getty Images)