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...disarming willingness to help eliminate the obstacles that have stood in the way of closer relations between the two countries. Among the major difficulties: Washington's granting of political asylum to Chinese Tennis Player Hu Na; Peking's curtailment of cultural exchanges with the U.S.; a Chinese boycott of American agricultural products; and, most troublesome of all, U.S. arms sales to Taiwan...
...their hopes of coming to power very soon, but Washington can no longer be serenely confident that any foreseeable British or West German government will back its position. Even the strongest West European governments must take into account the public nervousness. If the Soviets engage in a prolonged boycott of the arms talks, some NATO allies may start pressing the U.S. to make concessions...
...council began both boycotts in 1977. The Coors boycott was instituted when employees at the company's Golden Colorado plant struck over working conditions and privacy. The Nestle's boycott began to protest the company's "aggressive marketing of infant formula in the third world." --The Daily Californian
Elections Chair Michael Gelobter said the Coors boycott passed with a vote of 1387 to 852, and the Nestle's boycott by 1622 to 608. Vote totals for the November 21-23 election however, have not been approved by a council subcommittee...