But then it is hard to see how that arrangement could be described as, or even contribute to, industrial democracy.

Discussions among the industrial democracies about how to help have been fragmented.

But the club with a big stake in international trade and investment grew beyond the industrial democracies.

Leaders of the world's richest industrial democracies narrowed their differences on world trade today.

The figure is double the total already pledged by the industrial democracies this year.

The industrial democracies were not alone in contemplating cash last week.

The leaders of the seven major industrial democracies gather in Toronto today for their annual economic meeting.

Finance and foreign ministers of the 24 leading industrial democracies will meet here later this week.

President Bush and other leaders of the world's seven major industrial democracies will be in the audience.

But for officials in the industrial democracies, Romania's problem is far more than one of public relations.