Word: doutriaux
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fight terrorism, this latest piece of lex Americana, a sample of Washington's father-knows-best attitude, outrages allies who do dispute U.S. methods. Just last March, Clinton approved a similar bill threatening foreign companies active in Cuba. What this is really about, argues French Foreign Ministry spokesman Yves Doutriaux, "is one nation telling the rest on earth what they can and can't do. Is that right?" The European Union, Canada and Mexico definitely do not think so, and their officials are looking at ways to hit back...
...next year and promises to waive or apply the D'Amato provisions on a careful, case-by-case basis. "Clinton wants to show he is doing something concrete," says a French diplomat. "We are hearing that things may change by the end of November." Even so, declares French spokesman Doutriaux, "what we want is the abandonment of these unacceptable laws. We will not be muscled on this issue...
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