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...delicacy frequently lies in arriving at safeguards agreements between the agency and countries with nuclear facilities. Each accord is negotiated individually. Country-to-country differences in agreements depend on the plants involved and the specific conditions under which governments consent to inspection. For signatories of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty all major nuclear installations are theoretically subject to visitation (states with nuclear weapons, like the U.S. and the Soviet Union, are treated somewhat differently, in that they dictate the terms of inspection). In countries such as India and Pakistan safeguards apply only to those facilities, or parts of facilities, where I.A.E.A...
...more countries that could involve us in a conflict." One example that nuclear powers who abjure the nonproliferation treaty should be encouraged to follow is that of France. Despite their refusal to sign the treaty, the French as long ago as 1968 declared that they would abide by the accord in demanding international safeguards from any country that sought to buy their technology. Both Brazil and Argentina have followed the same practice in recent deals with China; such behavior should be applauded when appropriate and, if possible, rewarded...
...more militant Third World countries, that failure smacks of hypocrisy. The biggest fear is that one of the restive nations might withdraw from the treaty at the September session; if that happened, it would mean a calamitous setback, the first explicit unraveling of the world's major nonproliferation accord...
While talk of global protectionism has been grabbing headlines recently, last week brought a striking example of trade peace. In Washington, American and Israeli officials signed an agreement to remove all duties and other barriers to commerce between the two nations by 1995. The accord was the first of its kind between the U.S. and a foreign country. Said William Brock, the outgoing U.S. Trade Representative: "This is a precedent-setting agreement reflecting the Reagan Administration's commitment to free trade with all nations." The White House, which hopes that the agreement will encourage a loosening of trade restrictions around...
Sovern knows that Columbia loses the propaganda war if it uses force against the self-styled civil disobedients. Indeed, Columbia can only claim a total victory if the students disperse of their own accord. At all costs, Sovern must avert a dramatic final confrontation that would the demonstrators a moral victor...