Word: superably
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...very best part about campaign contributions is that they don't have to be spent on campaigns. Colorado's Democratic Senator Tim Wirth used his campaign fund to fly himself and his wife to the 1987 Super Bowl. Democratic Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii used $14,053 for restaurant meals -- some of which, according to receipts submitted, curiously took place at Circuit City, an electronics-equipment store. North Carolina's Democratic Congressman Charles Rose bought a Jeep. South Dakota's Democratic Senator Larry Pressler had a Canada goose stuffed for $225.75, because he felt it would promote goose hunting...
Washington unsheathed the newest weapon in its trade arsenal: a law requiring the U.S. Trade Representative to single out countries that systematically restrict American access to their markets. Encouraged by frustrated U.S. trade groups and corporations, legislators had Japan in mind when they passed the provision -- dubbed Super 301 -- as part of last year's trade bill. After listening to the conflicting advice of his evenly divided Cabinet, Bush responded to the prevailing protectionist mood in Congress and gave Trade Representative Carla Hills the go-ahead to put Japan on the Super 301 hit list, along with Brazil and India...
Specifically, Japan was charged with restricting the import of U.S.-made supercomputers, satellites and lumber products. Under Super 301, Washington will negotiate with the targeted countries for removal of the barriers; if no progress is made, the law allows for retaliatory tariffs against some of the offenders' imports...
While moderate legislators saw Bush's limited response as a well-measured step, some members of Congress felt that the President had failed to flex the Super 301 muscle firmly enough. They contended that Japanese barriers extended well beyond the three areas cited, to items ranging from cellular phones and medical equipment to fish products and aluminum. "The Administration's feeble use of the Super 301 provision comes in the face of our continuing trade deficit," said Missouri Democrat Richard Gephardt, whose tough trade proposals gave rise to the Super 301 legislation. "((Bush)) has signaled to the world that...
Critics of Super 301 fretted that the tactics might backfire, provoking retaliatory measures from a Japan that is tired of being blamed for U.S. economic ills. The rumblings from Japan were ominous. Foreign Minister Sosuke Uno called in newly appointed U.S. Ambassador Michael Armacost to protest Japan's inclusion on the list. "As a result of many market-opening measures, the Japanese market has now become wide open," he insisted. "None of the identified ((restrictions)) can be considered to constitute trade barriers...