Word: trade
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...princess consort merely marries the prince who will occupy the throne. As such, it is her duty, as the trade-off for great wealth and social prestige, to be discreet. She puts the interests of the royal family, and most certainly the prominence of her husband, before her own. Similarly, a princess is not to be praised for social work--it is to be expected of her. It is not for a princess to seek celebrity, but to lead a life of duty and sacrifice, which was not exactly what Diana...
Quite a menu we had this week ? frozen eggs, cold coffee and grilled Reno. Sauteed with slashed pork and steamed lightly with a last-minute Japanese trade war, it left something of a sour taste in the mouth...
...China's vice minister of foreign trade, Sun Zhenyu, said the highly-publicized trade mission would be undertaken "so that the U.S. people can understand that this relationship is indeed very important, and it is not a one-way relationship." No doubt the U.S. people will also understand the growing spending power of Asia's largest economy...
...incident breaking out. Four days into Clinton?s Latin America trip, the Federal Maritime Commission?s announcement that Japanese ships would be blockaded at U.S. ports over $4 million in unpaid harbor fines seemed to take everyone by surprise. Senior advisers were scrambling Friday to prevent a full-blown trade war by delaying the blockade until Saturday, or even later ? allowing time for the crisis to be defused by negotiation...
...Japan trade relationship is strategically very important, and I don't think that either side will let it be threatened by a shipping dispute." The same may not be true for the tenure of the five Maritime Commission members when their five-year terms of office expire...