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Taking an indirect job at Mondule, who has told union groups that he supports some protectionist measures, Cranaton said he supports lowering tarriffs to improve foreign trade...
...party congress, former Research and Industry Minister Jean-Pierre Chevènement, leader of one of the party's left-wing factions, called for a more radical, reflationary and protectionist economic course. Chevènement, who was forced to resign from his cabinet post this year after opposing austerity, claimed the support of close to 20% of the delegates. The consensus of the congress, following Mitterrand's lead, was that rigor had to be sustained for another year or more, but that ways must be found to ease the pain of economic sacrifice. Mitterrand and the party leadership...
Other peoples tend to be even more critical. If the protectionist noises in America amount to a sort of restive snarling here and there across the countryside, such sounds abroad are full screams that sometimes translate into government policy. The French last October began funneling Japanese videotaperecorder imports through a tiny customs station at Poitiers. Some 200,000 items were blocked by delays for inspection and other red tape until the ban was lifted in April this year. As other economies around the world feel increasingly threatened, their fears could set off waves of protectionism that might cripple the world...
Before a gathering of the Foreign Policy Association at New York's Plaza Hotel, Hawke warned that any slackening of trade in the region, including the adoption of protectionist measures aimed at the Japanese, could indirectly slow Australia's economic recovery. He also made a plea for continued American investment in Australian industry (which has totaled $6 billion over the past five years). "We look forward to trade with and investment from the United States playing an important role in [our] recovery," said Hawke. "Ours is a relationship which goes far beyond the defense, strategic and security concerns...
...adding to a general perception of governmental disarray. Disaffection is strongest among left-wing Socialists and some Communists. They argue that instead of meekly accepting painful austerity, the government should 1) withdraw from the European Monetary System, which links seven major European currencies; 2) correct the trade imbalance through protectionist import restrictions; and 3) concentrate on creating jobs. Jean Poperen, the party's deputy leader, last month charged that the government was losing its "popular support" and called for a return to the "class struggle" as the Socialists' central theme. Edmond Maire, leader of the Socialist-dominated Conf...