Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...deny Jimmy Carter's diplomatic coup in emerging from the Pocotin Mountains last month with the Camp David Agreement. It was indeed a personal triumph. It was at Carter's suggestion that President Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Begin of Israel agreed to come to the U.S. and confer face-to-face, and it was apparently only Carter's tireless mediation that kept the talks from ending in a frustrating deadlock. But it should also be noted that Carter's efforts were not simply a product of his missionary zeal; it is clear that the primary U.S. interest...
...that announcement were not dramatic enough for one day's rumination, Vorster followed with another, this one concerning Namibia (South West Africa), the mineral-rich territory that South Africa has administered since 1920. South Africa, said Vorster, was withdrawing its earlier agreement to a United Nations-supervised plan to grant independence to Namibia. Instead, it would proceed with its own "internal settlement" and hold elections in the territory in November. Among the reasons: the U.N.'s postponement of elections from December until next April would endanger Namibia's security, and the proposed increase from...
...South Africa. Lord Thomson Insists that he gave a "full account" of these arrangements in writing to Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The former P.M. now acknowledges a report from Thomson, but "not in the terms which have been suggested." Concludes the Bingham Report ambiguously: "The details of the TOTAL agreement were communicated to Her Majesty's government...
...action is mandatory under an 1897 law that orders levies slapped on imports that benefit from subsidies at home and thus theoretically can undersell U.S.-made products. In 1974, shortly before the onset of the Tokyo Round of talks under the 84-nation General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), Congress voted a four-year holiday on the imposition of the countervailing duties. The hope was that in the meantime the Tokyo Round would end and the dispute over subsidized exports be resolved...
...solution; they include not only the subsidy question but also such matters as the ground rules for trade between developed and less developed countries. The 500 delegates from 98 nations have been meeting daily at GATT headquarters near the old Palais des Nations, but they are unlikely to reach agreement before time runs...