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...Accused on Human Rights Washington is under fire for failing to sign the international treaty banning land mines and opposing a pact outlawing the use of children in armies. Does the U.S. still provide global leadership on human rights...
...peace is truly the key to this pact (as both countries claim it is), then let the Peace Constitution be. Japan has something truly special and worth upholding in the Peace Constitution. Let's not fix something that was never broken...
...Tuesday, Sept. 23, history was made. The United States and Japan updated and approved a new Security Pact that effectively replaced the previous 1978 guidelines aimed at Cold War era issues. This new agreement ensures that Japan will provide military support for American forces in an Asian crisis; this is especially important given the current volatility of the region. Under the terms of this pact, military support could come in the form of U.S. access to Japanese bases, Japanese minesweeping of sea lanes and joint U.S.-Japan evacuation of civilians in the event of a war. In the case...
...order to keep the peace in the Asia/Pacific region, both the U.S. and Japan need to realize that nothing beneficial will result from these revisions of the Security Agreement. China has already voiced its extreme disapproval of the new pact, especially with regard to how the U.S. and Japan are going to view Taiwan in light of these revisions. How many countries will the U.S. and Japan agitate before this plan backfires...
...This week, the President visits Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina and Chile, building the case for Congress to grant him powers to negotiate trade pacts without the shackles of pork-barrel politics: the so-called Fast Track. Where Reagan spooked Americans with tales of toppling dominoes, Clinton may rely on the specter of Mercosur. The trade association combining the booming economies of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay is fast emerging as an alternative to U.S.-dominated trade pacts, and has pledged to sign a free trade pact with the European Union...