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...Australia isn't about to flinch, though, with the Sydney Morning Herald reporting that Prime Minister John Howard will have none of the muttering of the Europeans, and his neighbors in Indonesia, about pausing the bombing for Ramadan. Such a pause, say the Aussies, will give Al Qaeda and the Taliban an opportunity to regroup...
...Trade Organization. Bush signed into law a trade agreement with Jordan, and the Senate ratified another with Vietnam. Eleven days after the attacks, Bush lifted sanctions on Pakistan and India adopted in May 1998 when the two nations each conducted nuclear weapons tests. Bush delivered yearlong trade privileges to Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim state. And he sought to encourage a new round of trade expansion by the WTO when he backed an amendment to a farm bill that would have directed billions of dollars to conservation programs instead of farm subsidies that the WTO frowns upon...
Other countries have secured temporary help because of U.S. diplomatic needs. President Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia--a country plagued by violent anti-U.S. rioting since early October--stopped by the White House Sept. 22, when President Bush agreed for one year to lift 5% to 10% tariffs on 11 Indonesian goods, including copper, plywood sheeting, rattan, sorbitol sweetener and tuna. This deal was designed to deliver some help to Indonesia, with minimal impact on U.S.-based industries...
Charney's workers are relatively well paid: a top seamstress can earn $13 an hour, compared to 21c for her counterpart in Indonesia. Benefits at American Apparel include English classes and yoga, and on Mondays workers can visit a "health-care Winnebago" where registered nurses provide free services. Charney's wholesale prices range from $3 to $6 a T--double that of his big rivals. But Charney says his company earned "seven figures" last year...
...hands trying to fix it. Refugees swarmed the border, but there was also traffic in the opposite direction: zealots hoping for action or martyrdom. Each day, guards confirmed, 100 to 300 "religious students" make the trek, mainly Afghans and Pakistanis, but also Arabs and Muslims from Malaysia and Indonesia, hurrying to fight?and possibly...