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...Clinton era has seen both unparalleled prosperity and unparalleled government intervention to directly protect and advance the interests of specific U.S. corporations operating in world markets. Whether it was bailing out Mexico's currency to protect U.S. institutional investors or organizing a preemptive line of credit to prevent Brazil's economy tanking under pressure from Asia, or pressing China to make a host of concessions to specific U.S. corporations in exchange for WTO membership or leaning on South Africa over importing AIDS drugs from foreign sources that sold them cheaper than U.S. pharmaceutical corporations, the Clinton administration has always been...
...Agricultural subsidies Europe and Japan continue to heavily subsidize their farmers, making those markets less competitive for food exporting countries such as the U.S., Canada, Australia and Brazil. Although they'll find it difficult to maintain those subsidies in the face of WTO opposition, European and Japanese leaders are under intense political pressure from their domestic farming communities. They'll fight hard to slow the advance of agricultural imports into their markets, using arguments about food safety and consumer protection...
...JANEIRO, BRAZIL Copacabana Beach Partygoers dressed in white will boogie to pagode and axe music --Free --2 million expected...
JAPAN $4,563 $844 BRAZIL $2,702 $878 U.S. $2,376 $546 EGYPT $2,247 $178 CHINA $2,160 $278 FRANCE $2,153 $466 RUSSIA...
...does turn out to be more or less Y2K O.K., other parts of the world may be less fortunate. "There's going to be some massive issues in other countries," says Steve Brown, CIO of Micron, a major PC manufacturer in Idaho. "Mexico's got problems. I also think Brazil's got problems, and Eastern Europe has got big problems...