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NEVER LET IT BE SAID THAT MICKEY KANTOR LACKS OPTImism. After two days of talks in Washington last week to wrap up loose ends of the North American Free Trade Agreement, Kantor emerged with his fellow trade representatives from Mexico and Canada and claimed that progress had been satisfactory. He predicted that side accords to safeguard the environment and workers' rights, both critical to the treaty's approval in the U.S. Senate, would be concluded soon...
Stunned by the legislative coup, Japan is now thoroughly absorbed by its newly chaotic politics. U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor arrived in Tokyo Tuesday looking for someone in the mood to negotiate in preparation for the Group of Seven summit meeting next week. It is unlikely that Miyazawa's lame-duck government will offer any major new trade concessions or initiatives to help boost the world economy, increasing chances that the Tokyo summit will be stillborn...
...Administration is beginning to . . . well, not shoot but talk back. Clinton, pressed by reporters for a response to Perot, said, "Well, we know he doesn't like my state . . . but that doesn't have much to do with America." Three senior officials -- Trade Representative Mickey Kantor, Labor Secretary Robert Reich and Council of Economic Advisers chairwoman Laura Tyson -- appeared at a press briefing to answer in advance the attacks on NAFTA Perot was preparing to make in a TV speech Sunday night...
...Congress." Working from White House lists of undecided lawmakers, Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy telephoned farm-state Representatives. Defense Secretary Les Aspin worked Congressmen with major military installations in their states. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt buttonholed Western lawmakers. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen reasoned with the Texas delegation. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor concentrated on Californians. During the next two days, the Clinton Administration bought, rented and bartered for every vote it could find. One Cabinet officer described his mission plainly: "Find out what these Congressmen want, and if possible give it to them...
United States trade representative Mickey Kantor's cautious approach to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in last week's negotiations laid to rest persistent rumors that he was the bastard offspring of Smoot and Hawley...