Word: embargos
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...producer of greenhouse gases. The International Criminal Court, which the E.U. considers an ideal forum to deal with the slaughter in Darfur, is opposed by the U.S. And major disagreements persist over how best to stymie Iran's apparent intention to develop nuclear weapons, whether to lift the arms embargo on China, whether to sanction Syria for occupying Lebanon and aiding Iraqi insurgents and Hezbollah terrorists, and whether Europe should brand Hezbollah itself a terrorist organization. At the core of many of these issue is a basic bone of contention: whether foreign policy should be conducted with a carrot...
...reconstruction from $300 million to $1 billion for 2005, and write off half the country's debt; in exchange, the U.S. would give Europe a role in determining Iraq's economic and political future. Artful compromises were proposed for everything from the International Criminal Court to the China arms embargo to negotiations with Iran. Yet the American signatories to the compact, many of whom were advisers to Democrats Bill Clinton or John Kerry, say the White House isn't interested. "Bush is really working on the Middle East, but otherwise he's not addressing the central policy differences with Europe...
...that it's high time Washington recognized the justness of North Korea's "words for words and action for action" proposal. According to this formula, North Korea will resume its freeze on its nuclear weapons program when the U.S. resumes its rewards of energy supplies, lifts the economic embargo, and removes the North from Washington's list of terrorist-sponsoring states. The U.S. has been down that road before with the 1994 Agreed Framework, which it claims North Korea violated. Washington's position is that North Korea must first take concrete steps to halt its nuclear program before it receives...
...working together. Rice stressed that, while the mullahs' human-rights record is "abysmal", military force is not in the offing, for now. But she didn't offer the explicit support for the negotiations the Europeans want. Next up: the European Union's plan to lift the arms embargo on China. Washington hates the idea, but the ending of the "bizarre and obsolete" embargo "has been announced and will materialize," one French diplomat told Time. The U.S. has also rejected the British-led effort to forgive much of the developing world's debt. Even Iraq could come back to haunt...
...look at the box office numbers on IMDbpro.com shows that the U.S. version of The Ring was released for $128 million in the U.S. and $230 million worldwide. The original Japanese version went straight to DVD. While the availability of any foreign films is an improvement over the former embargo, it’s doubtful whether mainstream American viewers will ever see them as more than just an art-house oddity...