Word: import
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...centerpiece" of Reagan's proposals in the listing of import duties on the 13 percent of Caribbean basin products that are not already duty-free. This change--hardly "dramatic" in its impact on the region's economics--doesn't go nearly as far as it might have. Duties on clothing and textiles remain in place, keeping the reins on just the kind of labor-intensive manufacturing that might benefit the region's nations...
Unconcerned about the historic import of yesterday's game, top-seeded Penn jumped to an early lead but fell behind, 20-12, when 6-ft., 3-in. Koziara began hitting from inside, and Ann Deacon swished a series of long-distance jumpers. Powered by Koziara's 18 first half points (26 overall), the Big Green maintained an eight-to-10 point lead and left for half time with a 35-25 advantage...
...Southeast Asia. The Soviets were forced to reduce their 1981 grain shipments to Kampuchea by almost half, from a promised 100,000 tons to only 55,000. The price Viet Nam pays br Soviet petroleum rose from $4 to $16 per bbl. in 1981. This year, oil-import subsidies for Laos have been ended...
When it comes to natural resources, the god of energy certainly did not spoil France. Each year, the French must import 75 percent of all the energy they else. In 1980, when a large oil reserve was discovered in the north of the country. President Giscard d'Eataing's government was ecstatic. In particular, the minister of energy was gleeful when he pointed out that "now we will produce one percent of all the gasoline we need." He was completely serious. The supplies of France's coal are dwindling, and the product is of low quality--un-competitive...
Although the Suzuki government has pledged to chop away at some of the more egregious nontariff barriers, there are thousands of import restrictions that permeate life and society in Japan. Says one Japanese businessman candidly: "Consider the inspector who has been sitting at the dock in Yokohama saying no for 40 years. He is going to find it very hard suddenly to start saying yes just because some politician in Tokyo says it is the new policy...