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...open his country's sheltered economy. Now he seems ready to take his boldest step of all. Bush Administration officials disclosed last week that Mexico will consider negotiating a free-trade agreement with the U.S. Though the Government has agreed to a similar pact with Canada, reaching an accord with Mexico may prove much tougher. Mexicans fear the arrangement would threaten their autonomy, while American workers are worried that it could trigger a flood of cheap labor into the U.S. Even so, a free- trade accord has appeal, since it could lead to a North American common market...
...Baltic republics present a special dilemma for Gorbachev, since they enjoyed independence between the two World Wars, before being consigned to Moscow by the Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939 -- an accord the Kremlin has belatedly admitted was unjust. Thus, Lithuania, as well as Estonia and Latvia, claims it has been occupied by the U.S.S.R. for the past 50 years. Gorbachev's saber rattling aside, there is every indication he believes the three republics have the right to secede, though only after Moscow has agreed to the terms of the separation. He reiterated the point last week at a meeting with...
...Marti, began operating five years ago, Castro made similar threats. He interfered briefly with U.S. radio transmissions, but relented when it became clear that the programming was not anticommunist invective but entertainment mixed with balanced news, the same formula planned for the TV channel. He also abrogated an immigration accord with the U.S. but restored it two years later...
START (Strategic Arms Reduction Talks). On his trip to Moscow, Baker met with Shevardnadze to discuss three longtime sticking points in these eight- year-old negotiations and reached accord on two of them. They agreed not to deny each other certain missile test-fire data by encryption, or making it unintelligible, and decided how to count and handle missiles not yet deployed. The two sides are still at odds on how to define a weapons category known as ALCMs (air-launched cruise missiles). The U.S. wants air-launched rockets to have a range of at least 930 miles or more...
...million. GM whisked Saab from under the nose of Fiat, which until the last minute thought it would be the successful suitor. GM Europe was also quick to set up a joint manufacturing agreement with Hungarian producer RABA, the first West European company to sign such an accord...