Word: clintons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...consensus was imminent before the developing countries recoiled from Clinton's comment. Deep divisions between Europe and the U.S. over issues such as agriculture subsidies gave the developing countries plenty of room to maneuver. In the end, the industrialized nations found shackled by domestic political concerns. European governments were bound by their electorates' concerns over everything from protecting the livelihood of farmers to genetically modified food as reason to fight tooth and nail against any moves to open up their produce markets. President Clinton tried at the last minute to get the G7 heads of state to come to Seattle...
...What the demonstrations did make clear was the extent to which President Clinton's own hands are tied domestically. Following on the heels of the nuclear test ban treaty debacle, the WTO failure may usher in an open season on the lame duck President's foreign policy. Clinton's defeat in Seattle will certainly embolden those congressional forces that had vowed to turn down the President's deal with China over WTO membership, putting at least a question mark over its passage in an election year. But what's bad for Bill Clinton may not be altogether...
...spoke of some of the successes and failures of the Clinton administration...
...However, he said, Clinton's behavior should be put into context...
President Clinton's announcement on Friday to reduce military bombing on Vieques does not go far enough in protecting residents of the Puerto Rican island, say Harvard professors and students who signed a petition last month urging the United States to remove all military personnel from the island...