Word: summiteer
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...round of multilateral trade negotiations. The ministers agreed that those talks should start "as soon as possible." A firm date, probably in 1986, may be set when the leaders of Japan and the major Western industrial nations gather next month in Bonn for their annual economic summit. The West Europeans, led by the French, also wanted discussions of monetary reforms that would help reduce instability in foreign exchange markets. In response, Treasury Secretary James Baker said the U.S. would be willing to act as host to a monetary conference on technical reforms that could open the way to a broader...
...awkward moment. Larry Speakes had just announced President Reagan's intention to visit a German military cemetery near Bitburg when he travels to Europe next month to attend an economic summit meeting and commemorate the 40th anniversary of V-E day. A reporter asked who is buried there. The White House spokesman said he believed there were graves of both American and German soldiers at the site. Not so, an aide reported later: there are only Germans...
...attitude dismayed much of the U.S. foreign policy establishment, moderates as well as hard-liners. Declared former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski: "This posture is disadvantageous and in bad taste. It is undesirable for us to be pleading for a summit with them." Privately, some of Reagan's senior advisers agreed. They suspected that Gorbachev's coyness about setting a firm date for a summit was a sign that he was setting up a snare instead...
...G.O.P. summit conference was obviously in order. Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole, heading a negotiating committee, held nine meetings with Budget Director David Stockman to tackle the Government's two biggest spending items: the Pentagon, which accounts for 26.5% of the current budget, and Social Security and Medicare, which account for 26.8%. The agreement they announced last week would cut the projected deficit for fiscal 1986 by $52 billion (to $175 billion), and they envision even greater reductions that could bring the deficit below $100 billion by Reagan's last year in office...
...trade dialogue with Japan will resume this week, when Foreign Minister Shintaro Abe is to meet with Secretary of State George Shultz in Washington. Talks will also continue at the technical level. But the next top- level trade event will be the seven-nation economic summit in Bonn beginning May 2, when Reagan will confer with the leaders of the major industrial democracies, including Nakasone. The President plans to make trade the main item on the agenda, calling for a new round of negotiations under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Several lawmakers voted in favor...