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GEORGE BUSH WILL BEQUEATH BILL CLINTON MESSES IN BOSnia, Iraq and Somalia, but the outgoing President hopes to have one situation pretty well cleaned up. Before leaving office, he may be able to lift the long-standing economic embargo against VIETNAM. Behind-the-scenes negotiations are under way, and Vietnam has already made commitments on some remaining critical issues, including access to POW/MIA records. Dissolving the embargo would enable U.S. companies to compete in the Vietnamese market with the Japanese and Australians already doing business there. If Clinton wants it, diplomatic relations could resume within six months...
...elections that were scheduled Sunday, by reminding them that their country will be a pariah as long as Milosevic lasts. More probably, by highlighting atrocities, the U.S. may have won support for a United Nations resolution approved by the General Assembly on Friday that proposed lifting the arms embargo against Bosnia and establishing a no-fly zone over the region...
...MOVE ONE SQUARE forward on the "road map" he uses to guide the improvement of U.S. ties to Vietnam. With Hanoi opening its archival records of missing G.I.s and returning their remains, he has permitted American firms to open offices and sign contracts for future business. Though a U.S. embargo still bars them from buying or selling goods and services, American companies are glad they can start to establish a presence in Vietnam. For its part, Hanoi wants Washington to stop blocking World Bank loans crucial to Vietnam's development. U.S. officials hope more trade will help open...
American companies are eager to do business in VIETNAM. Citibank, Philip Morris, Mobil, General Electric and Caterpillar are said to be lobbying for an end to the U.S. economic embargo. Coca-Cola and Kodak are already well known there, thanks to black-market sales. Last month the Backer Spielvogel Bates advertising agency, one of the world's largest, hosted a marketing conference in Ho Chi Minh City. Said Carl Spielvogel, chairman of the firm: "We believe there is an enormous potential there, and in Indochina generally. We intend to be pioneers in this market...
...EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA IS LOSING friends fast. The 30-year-old boycott suffered two blows in quick succession. First the U.N. General Assembly approved a Castro-sponsored call for an end to sanctions; then the - Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Pastors for Peace delivered 12.5 tons of illegally exported supplies to Havana...