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...conclusions. "I don't think there is a values gap," said a senior Administration official who was on the trip. "The shared values between Americans and Europeans vastly and dramatically outweigh any differences. There are anti-death penalty Americans; there are people in the U.S. who think [the Kyoto protocol on global warming] was a great thing." Antony Blinken, a staff member on Bill Clinton's National Security Council, points out that it wasn't that long ago that Europeans and Americans had serious disagreements over basic matters--like the modernization of nuclear arsenals in Europe. After the cold...
EUROPE The international Kyoto Protocol, to curb greenhouse-gas emissions HIP-HOP The Senate's Media and Marketing Accountability Act, to curb artistic expression...
...with North Korea, he contradicted his own Secretary of State and seemed dismissive of South Korea President Kim Dae Jung's Nobel Peace-prizewinning efforts at reconciliation with the North. Most of all, he infuriated allies across Europe by abruptly announcing that the U.S. would withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. Bush had promised a "humble foreign policy," but as far as Europe was concerned, he delivered the opposite in his first months as President...
...Time: But Europe does have real concerns about the U.S. stance on the abm treaty, for instance. Solana: We want to talk about all the questions related to deterrence in the 21st century. We have to talk about the Kyoto Protocol, that is very important for the Europeans. We have some questions pertaining to trade, European defense and security identity, but all those can be solved through dialogue. I'm sure we'll find a good wavelength to continue working together...
...Mondays speech didn't change many minds either, especially not in Europe. Bush essentially re-packaged his previous position on climate change: he's against the Kyoto protocol and developing nations must be called to account for their share of the global problem. Bush did go further in recognizing the problem. That doesn't do much for the Europeans or others concerned about how the United States will address the issue...