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Exhibit 99(s)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

        That each of the undersigned officers and trustees of BlackRock Global Floating Rate Income Trust, a statutory trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), do constitute and appoint Ralph L. Schlosstein, Robert S. Kapito and Anne F. Ackerley, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys and agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the other) to execute in the name and on behalf of each of the undersigned as such officer or trustee, a Registration Statement on Form N-2, including any pre-effective amendments and/or any post-effective amendments thereto and any subsequent Registration Statement of the Trust pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") and any other filings in connection therewith, and to file the same under the 1933 Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or otherwise, with respect to the registration of the Trust, the registration or offering of the Trust's common shares of beneficial interest, par value $.001 per share, or the registration or offering of the Trust's preferred shares, par value $.001 per share; granting to such attorneys and agents and each of them, full power of substitution and revocation in the premises; and ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys and agents, or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

        This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of this 24^th day of June, 2004.

/s/  DR. ANDREW F. BRIMMER     Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer
    Trustee

/s/  RICHARD E. CAVANAGH     Richard E. Cavanagh
    Trustee

/s/  KENT DIXON     Kent Dixon
    Trustee

/s/  FRANK J. FABOZZI     Frank J. Fabozzi
    Trustee

/s/  JAMES CLAYBURN LA FORCE, JR.     James Clayburn La Force, Jr.
    Trustee

/s/  WALTER F. MONDALE     Walter F. Mondale
    Trustee

/s/  RALPH L. SCHLOSSTEIN     Ralph L. Schlosstein
    Chairman and Trustee

/s/  ROBERT S. KAPITO     Robert S. Kapito
    Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer

/s/  HENRY GABBAY     Henry Gabbay
    Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

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