France's mistake. France did not defend the cause of European agriculture well in the Council on Tuesday. It demanded enhanced and finicky controls on the European negotiator within the WTO, and it was easy for Peter Mandelson to stress the impossibility of negotiating if every little nuance of the European position is first discussed in the Council. This would be the best way of communicating to the other negotiators in advance what the EU's position is, thereby renouncing any room for...