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THUS FAR, Bush has done little more than express his concern at the recent developments in the Baltics. He has not, for instance, threatened to block Soviet entry into future GATT negotiations...
...last week in the final round of negotiations on revising the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 30,000 European and Japanese farmers marched through clouds of tear gas in the city center, destroying property and brandishing placards opposing cuts in agricultural subsidies. The farmers' fury helped torpedo the GATT's four-year attempt to set new guidelines for nearly $4 trillion in global commerce. The effort collapsed on Friday when the European Community refused to meet demands by the U.S. and other major food exporters to cut farm aid more than...
Inability to achieve a GATT agreement would dramatically increase tensions in global trade. That, in turn, could damage cooperation on issues ranging from the environment to the Persian Gulf crisis...
America's current victim appears to be Thailand. U.S. trade officials announced last week that a panel set up by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) determined that Thailand's ban on the importation of cigarettes violates existing free-trade agreements. This decision opens the doors for American cigarettes to enter the Thai market...
...APPEARS that Thailand will follow the same pattern. Although Thailand's ban on cigarette advertising was upheld in the GATT ruling, the ban should have a minimal effect on the U.S. cigarette companies, who will find ways around the restrictions...