Word: gatt
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...smell of blood in the air has encouraged some Republicans to challenge the President even on an issue that their party has long supported. Clinton faces real trouble next week in the Senate, when the lame-duck Democratic Congress convenes to take up GATT. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is the laboriously crafted 123-nation agreement designed to lower tariff barriers. In his threatening letter demanding a delay of the vote, Senator Helms, who can make "free trade" sound like some weird practice he once saw in a Mapplethorpe photo, was trying to exploit the fact that Congress...
Sentiment on GATT doesn't divide along partisan lines. Before the task fell to Clinton, the agreement was championed by Ronald Reagan and George Bush. Ranged against it now is a loose front that runs from labor unions, environmental groups and Ralph Nader to protectionist Senate Democrats like Ernest Hollings of South Carolina and Republicans like Phil Gramm of Texas. But Gingrich is a longtime GATT supporter who says he will make sure the agreement passes the House vote scheduled for Nov. 29. So the man who holds the cards is incoming Senate majority leader Bob Dole...
...elections, the President again let it be known that he hoped to cooperate with the G.O.P. bipartisan measures like welfare reform, the line-item veto and tax and spending cuts. Amid signs of Republican chafing in the Senate, he once more called on Hill leaders to approve the gatt treaty at the post-Thanksgiving lame-duck session of Congress...
...Democratic supporters. Flanked by Bush Administration Secretary of State James Baker and James Miller, Ronald Reagan's Budget Director, Clinton said theGATT agreementnot only tears down significant trade barriers, but "also bulldozes differences of party, philosophy and ideology." Driving the point home, the White House released a pro-GATT letter signed by Presidents Ford, Carter and Bush.Passage of the treaty on the House floor is expected Tuesday. But obstacles remain in the Senate, where it is opposed by Democrats like South Carolina Sen. Fritz Hollings who fear huge job losses. One important Senate hurdle is a vote needed to waive...
...senior Democrat, broke with the Clinton Administration today and urged the postponement of anew global trade accorduntil next year in order to take into account the impact of this month's elections. "I believe it would be a mistake to ignore this political sea change by ramming the GATT through Congress next week without much debate and with no opportunity to amend," Byrd said today. "These are matters that concern every American and should not be decided hurriedly, under the cloud of a lame-duck session." Under the fast-track rules for trade agreements -- which apply until...