Word: accords
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...most comprehensive copyright-enforcement agreement ever negotiated by the U. S. with another country. Just 12 days after U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor threatened trade sanctions on more than $1 billion in Chinese goods, the U.S. and China signed an accord to end the piracy of American-made movies, compact discs and computer software. "It is a win-win agreement," said deputy trade representative Charlene Barshefsky...
...cutbacks and reductions in city services. Potentially most painful, however, was his request that the Federal Government take on $267 million in city Medicaid costs, and consider paying for even more services in the future. The appeal could reopen the question of how much home rule Congress should accord the District...
...negotiations are caught in a vicious circle. For the Palestinians, the key issue is what was promised in the 1993 accord: moving Israeli troops out of West Bank towns and opening the way for Palestinian elections. Arafat told Rabin that his mandate must be extended throughout the territories. But Rabin is in no mood to withdraw the army from areas where Israeli settlers need protection...
With all channels blocked in the Mideast, the best opportunity to salvage the peace accord may arrive Sunday in Washington, where a senior PLO adviser and foreign ministers of Israel, Jordan and Egypt are scheduled to meet with Secretary of State Warren Christopher. A senior U.S. official today toldTIME State Department correspondent J.F.O. McAllisterthat the only solution to the crisis may lie in boosting the economy of the Gaza Strip -- steering economic aid around Arafat's ineffective government and directly to his restive people...
...Yearbook's Executive Board has roughly 10 people on it, accord-ing to Edwin...