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Britain has provided the island with aid to shore up the faltering economy which is entirely dependent on the export of bananas and has promised an independence gift of $20 million as well...
...Carter's human rights policy has an ideological component which undermines the universality of the rights themselves. It is valued as a made-in-America product for export to less fortunate countries in the world," he said...
...promise to keep the U.S. as Mexico's No. 1 foreign customer (the U.S. now buys 85% of Mexico's oil exports). Schlesinger estimates that by 1985 Mexican wells will be able to match Iran's pre-crisis output of 6 million bbl. per day. The CIA is even more bullish. Its experts forecast that in ten years, Mexico could pump 10 million bbl. per day, which is slightly more than Saudi Arabia's current production. But López Portillo probably will not budge on Mexico's plans to increase production more slowly...
European and Japanese companies are also feeling the squeeze. In fact, because the economies of Western Europe are smaller, slower growing and more export oriented than that of the U.S., a number of countries could be quite hard hit. West Germany's economy is only half as large as the U.S.'s, but the country's exports to Iran last year reached nearly $3.4 billion, or almost as much as the U.S. figure...
...upon, munched, drunk, flown, pedaled or driven in 69 countries. His latest coup is an agreement to serve as exclusive consultant to China's embryonic fashion industry. The Parisian may have his haute couture models reproduced in China, where the workmanship is exquisite and cheap, creating a new export trade for the Middle Kingdom. If the contract works out, 10% of Cardin-Cathay will be reserved for sale inside China, which is probably wise, considering the fact that in France even a readymade Cardin frock sells for at least $200, as much as the average Chinese worker...