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...MEXICAN IMPORTS FROM U.S. TARIFF NAFTA PHASEOUT...
...IMPORTS FROM MEXICO TARIFF NAFTA PHASEOUT...
...necessarily good if it sacrifices future generations." Others took the line that the summit's battered compromise agreements represented first steps that could be built upon in the future -- just as the toothless 1985 Vienna Convention set the stage for later tougher agreements establishing timetables for the phaseout of ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbon...
Perhaps the greenest of nations is Germany, where commercial banks will grant low-interest loans for pro-environment projects and hotels urge guests to forgo daily towel changes to save water and energy. Environment Minister Klaus Topfer has ordered the phaseout of cfcs by next year -- two years earlier than most other countries -- and called for a 25% to 30% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2010. The government is investing heavily, having spent $90 million since 1974 on development of recyclable, high-efficiency batteries for electric cars and planning annual outlays of $182 million on solar-wind- and wave...
...Congress passed a law in 1990 that called for an accelerated phaseout of CFCs if new scientific evidence revealed a greater threat to ozone than expected. Last week the Senate, by a 96-0 vote, found the evidence alarming enough to justify a faster phaseout. "Now that there's the prospect of a hole over Kennebunkport," Senator Al Gore said, "perhaps Bush will comply with the law." William Reilly, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said that the U.S. might seek to end CFC production as early...