At an international conference in Ottawa on arts issues, delegates slam “the Uncle Samming of the world, noting that movies and TV have now displaced aeronautics as America’s number-one export industry. America’s trade negotiators are less likely than ever to understand that culture, for most nations, is about identity, not dollars. Bill Ivey, head of the National Endowment for the Arts, and Jonathan Katz, the well-informed head of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, let it be known that they were feeling a little beaten up.” – The Globe and Mail (Canada) 12/06/00