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...produce a draft agreement by autumn that will completely eliminate tariff barriers between the two countries over the next decade or so. Reagan also took a modest -- for most Canadians, far too modest -- step toward alleviating another deep Canadian concern. The President said he would "consider" negotiating an accord to control acid-rain pollution from U.S. and Canadian factories...
While significant numbers of Holyoke Center employees are angered by the building policy which relegates all smokers to two designated rooms in accord with the ban, many said they did not attend yesterday's meeting because they did not think it would lead to helpful reforms...
Both Gorbachev and Reagan, of course, have their own personal reasons for wanting a deal. For Reagan, an arms-control accord could prove to be the ticket out of his Iran-contra doldrums, restoring a golden hue to his tarnished presidency. For Gorbachev, stable relations with the U.S. are essential if he is to have the time, energy and authority to concentrate on the internal reforms he is attempting. Masterly communicators, the two leaders have created a public perception that an agreement may be within reach. "The most important thing," says a senior U.S. official, "is that arms control...
...group agreed to cut production by 7%, to 15.8 million bbl. a day, and prices later jumped by about $4, to more than $19 per bbl. But OPEC's continued weakness soon surfaced. Last month certain members were reported to be cheating on the cartel's production accord, and prices fell below $15 per bbl. Even as Saudi Arabia worked last week to keep the production agreement intact, causing prices to rise about $2, to $18 per bbl., many traders doubted that the pact would ultimately stick. Few OPEC watchers believe that the cartel will be able to push prices...
Faced with the imposition of sharp punitive tariffs, Japan signed the semiconductor trade agreement on July 31. But any hopes that the new accord would settle the conflict were quickly dashed. When the prices of Japanese chips sold in the U.S. began to climb, U.S. chip buyers objected, and some began threatening to take their manufacturing operations overseas. Meanwhile, slower sales abroad created a chip glut in Japan, driving Far East prices as much as 50% below the agreed-upon "fair market" values. Result: a boom in illicit roundabout sales. Large numbers of low-priced Japanese chips turned...