Word: summiteer
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...arms-control deal that Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev are expected to sign at a summit later this year was sharply criticized by Richard Nixon in an interview two weeks ago in TIME and in a syndicated article he co-authored with Henry Kissinger. The Secretary of State offered this reply for TIME...
...important journey ever made to Washington by a Japanese Prime Minister." As he jetted toward Washington, the Prime Minister read a book about Prince Fumimaro Konoe, Japan's pre-World War II leader. At one point he put the book down and mused out loud that a Konoe- Roosevelt summit might have prevented the Pacific...
When talk turned to Reagan's 100% tariff on certain Japanese goods, the President said he expected to lift the measures "as soon as possible." That could mean early June, when Japan joins the U.S. and major West European nations in Venice for an economic summit. Nakasone would like the sanctions lifted even sooner. Calling them a "very sore thorn sticking in our small finger," the Prime Minister sought their immediate removal. But Reagan did not give any specific date. The U.S. first wants to see clear signs that Japan is living up to a 1986 agreement to refrain from...
Nakasone and Reagan parted on an upbeat note during a final visit in the White House Rose Garden, and agreed that the trade deficit was "politically unsustainable." But both nations must now demonstrate far more than a will to discuss their problems during summit meetings. They must show that they can attack and solve the trade differences that are steadily turning the two close political and military friends into bitter economic rivals...
...there will be a summit, and there will be an agreement at the summit. The question is, How can we use the agreement to make progress on fundamental issues? If we're going to have the zero option in Europe, we've got to have it in Asia too. The Soviets' warheads allowed in Asia are aimed at the Chinese, with whom I'm somewhat familiar, and at the Japanese and Koreans. If we really press to get rid of those weapons, Gorbachev would have difficulty turning us down. Also, remember that the goal of arms control is not just...