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...another attempt to impose American standards, Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor has decided that because the U.S. punishes its nationals for paying bribes to obtain contracts, American firms unfairly lose billions in global business deals. In Europe such bribes are not only legal but usually tax deductible. So Kantor is pressing other countries hard to adopt U.S. corrupt-practices law. He is warning that if foreign competitors do not, he may go to Congress for stronger laws, and sanctions might be in the offing...
...democracy and Western ideals and in part because they like the role of sole remaining superpower. "We have historically thought of American values as being universal," says Harvard University political scientist Samuel Huntington, "and ones we have the responsibility and obligation to induce other societies to accept." Or as Kantor puts it, "The U.S., as the most powerful economic and military entity on earth, needs to provide leadership. I would hope and expect our partners to review their policies and go along...
...that that China has closed some factories that were producing pirated computer programs, movies and music, but that Beijing must take "further concrete and verifiable action to reduce piracy at its source and at its borders." In an exclusive interview Tuesday with TIME editors, new Secretary of Commerce Mickey Kantor, who until recently held the U.S. trade post, said the factory closings may be just a fillip. "I am somewhat skeptical. They have opened and closed plants many times. We have to be realistic given China's situation internally, and that they have investors. But the Chinese knew that when...
...Kantor also says he supports Riley's plan to integrate the police and guard units into community-based teams, although he says he cannot predict how the plan will be enacted or whether it will meet with opposition...
...chief has a lot of good, innovative ideas," Kantor says. "I think the safety of the Harvard community will be better served by putting police and guards together in teams...