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...Japanese also complain that the U.S. has leadership problems of its own. Washington has been sending out conflicting signals because trade policy is shaped and shared by several Government departments -- including State, Defense and Commerce -- that are often at odds. The dispute about whether to scrap the agreement for joint U.S.-Japan production of the FSX jet fighter, in which the Defense and Commerce departments were squaring off before President Bush decided to go through with the deal, annoyed the Japanese because their trustworthiness was so openly debated...
Having lost the past two national elections armed with a platform of unilateral nuclear disarmament, the Labor Party last week launched a strike against that controversial policy. Its national executive committee overwhelmingly adopted a proposal to scrap a 1981 commitment to dismantle Britain's nuclear arsenal without any quid pro quo from other countries...
...scavengers sell their booty to scrap dealers. While new red bricks cost about $450 per 1,000 on the retail market, dealers pay the thieves only $50. Since Detroit tears down 2,000 to 3,000 abandoned buildings a year, police are not terribly concerned about the thefts. The most troubling aspect of this new inner-city crime wave is the motive of most of the culprits: to get enough cash for another hit of crack. "Brick stealing is on the upswing, and it's directly tied to the price of the brick," says Charles H. Smith Jr., president...
Tempers flared during last week's NSC meeting, which lasted more than two hours. U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills argued vehemently that Bush should scrap the agreement in favor of persuading the Japanese to buy standard F-16s, minus the instructions for putting their most sensitive components together. On the other side, National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft and Secretary of State James Baker contended that the agreement should proceed unchanged. But the lack of a Defense Secretary to argue the Pentagon's side handicapped the pro-FSX forces. Covering the middle ground, Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher thought he could abide...
This month the FSX's proponents at the State and Defense departments, who see the deal as an economic and strategic boon for the U.S., argued heatedly with critics who wanted to scrap the plan. Finally last week, President Bush called an unusual National Security Council meeting to thrash out the issues. In the end, he decided on a compromise: to go through with the deal but to apply safeguards that will prevent Japanese contractors from getting access to the most important technology. According to presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater, Bush has yet to decide on "at least three or four...