The last chapter examined cases where the incumbent's market power led to no-agreements and unilateral action in international negotiations. This chapter examines two cases where market incumbency did allow for agreement: the crucial difference comes from attempts to make the Internet interoperable – the “weblike existence” referred to in the quote above – necessitating global electronic commerce and related data flows. In the previous chapter, interoperability existed; the dispute was over prices. In this chapter, interoperability is emerging and may be facilitated by negotiated global rules. As noted in earlier chapters, negotiated interactions dispose what technologies propose as possible alternatives. Nevertheless, the emerging global rules allow the incumbent to set the priorities. The governing body for assigning domain names was established in 1999 and benefited the US private sector. It was under license from the Department of Commerce, allowing the US to retain direct involvement.