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...hard-won agreement, worked out over 16 months of arduous negotiations and an intense last-minute push to meet an Oct. 4 deadline imposed by Washington, aims at creating nothing less than the world's largest open market. If the tentative accord wins the approval of the U.S. Congress and the Canadian Parliament, all tariffs and many other restrictions that impede the flow of goods and services between the countries will vanish by 1999. President Reagan called the agreement an "important model for other nations seeking to improve their trading relationships." To Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, it was simply...
Although the Guatemalan accord is not perfect, Honduras is fully committed to the initiative, Contreras said. "We are participating in good faith, and I see reason for cautious optimism in the negotiations already underwayin El Salvador and the announcement by PresidentOrtega of a unilateral cease-fire," he said...
...Reagan also was to relay his concerns about the regional accord and discuss his Contra request "as an insurance policy for implementation" of the agreement, the press secretary said...
Fitzwater said the president does not intend to issue "final judgments" about whether Nicaragua's leftist Sandinistas are complying with the peace accord...
Fitzwater denied that Reagan has arrived at a new set of guidelines--beyond those included in the regional plan--that would be used to judge Nicaragua's compliance with the peace accord and determine whether to send further Contra...