Word: dealing
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...Most Americans] know what they read in thenewspapers about China," he said. "But they do notknow a great deal about its history or culture,and we want to improve that...
...issue is close to the American wallet: China, one of the U.S.'s most important trading partners, is getting a lot more out of the current deal. America's anticipated trade deficit with China will be $60 billion this year. Which is why, despite his disappointment over lack of progress on the issue during his visit to Beijing, Clinton stressed that "we'll keep on working at it until we reach a commercially viable agreement." At least his hosts gave him a taste of the action on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, where he was presented with a red trader...
...really scary" and today's decision bore that out opinion. The judge ruled that Starr went on "a quintessential fishing expedition," using a tax case as leverage to get information from Hubbell about possible Whitewater hush money, trampled on Hubbell's Fifth Amendment rights and violated a partial immunity deal Starr had made with him. Although Starr will appeal, TIME Washington bureau chief Michael Duffy says this stinging rebuke will follow Starr for a long time. "Starr already has reputation problems not only with the public but among his colleagues for dragging things out, for prosecuting everyone and everything. This...
...Holbrooke got President Milosevic to hold back on his offensive last week in the hope that the U.S. could broker a deal with the KLA. "But in the end, Holbrooke could offer Milosevic nothing from the KLA," says Waller. "Right now, the U.S. can't even find the organization's leader...
...coveted by Asian timber companies. But last week the tiny country (pop. 400,000) announced that it is setting aside a tenth of its land--some 4 million acres--as a nature reserve, forgoing short-term profits for revenues from science and ecotourism. Conservation International, which brokered the deal, hopes it will be a model for other developing countries...