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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Brazil's prickly military leaders-along with other authoritarian regimes in Latin America's southern cone-bristle at Washington's finger pointing. Even the studiously cautious Japanese raise a diplomatic eyebrow or two as their Premier embarks on a visit to Washington amid growing worries about protectionist pressure in the U.S. and political problems at home. Washington takes a newly tough line against the white regimes of southern Africa, while fearing a possible post-Angola confrontation with the Soviet Union or its proxies in Zaïre. (These and other developments in an extraordinarily eventful week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: Can Jimmy Carterize Foreign Policy? | 3/28/1977 | See Source »

...industry by imposing stiff tariffs and quotas on imports. Earlier in the week, the Government's independent International Trade Commission, which is already on record in favor of protecting the shoemakers, had called for tight curbs on U.S. imports of sugar and color-television sets as well. "The protectionist heat is on," said a top Carter economic aide. "Suddenly trade is a very high-priority issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRADE: Protectionists Test Carter | 3/28/1977 | See Source »

...must make a decision on shoe tariffs by April 9, and on sugar and color-TV imports one to two weeks after the summit. If the President acts to cut imports sharply, his free-trade evangelism in London will seem hollow or even hypocritical. If he ignores the protectionist pressures, his summit partners will be pleased, but Carter will face domestic protest-and a showdown with Congress-which can override presidential rejection or modification of ITC recommendations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRADE: Protectionists Test Carter | 3/28/1977 | See Source »

...Encouraging Trade. As a result of the worldwide stagflation, protectionism is rising again. Prime example: the European Community, worried about the protectionist demands generated by its growing trade deficit with Japan, has asked the Japanese to restrain certain sensitive exports. Carter is expected to urge a revitalization of worldwide tariff-cutting talks that officially began in Tokyo in 1973 but have so far accomplished nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLICY: A Third Try at the Summit | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

...tariff that would reduce imports to their 1974 level. Makers of color TV sets are similarly demanding high tariffs that would keep out Japanese imports. The betting is that Carter will resist; he could hardly call for free trade at the summit right after caving in to protectionist pressure at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLICY: A Third Try at the Summit | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

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