Word: trade
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...Trade, not aid, is as valid an objective as ever... Protectionism has no future," the president said...
China's gross and flagrant violations of human rights should be of concern to America ethically, economically, and even militarily. Several successive American administrations have played a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with China, trying to balance concerns over China's unfair trade policies with concerns for human rights abuses, all the while attempting not to offend China. It is time for America to understand that in the case of China, human rights and free trade are intimately linked issues...
...United States must continue a critical dialogue with China. But America must have the courage to pay more than lip service to the symbiotic concerns of human rights and free trade. We must also express our disapproval of China's continued brutal occupation of Tibet and our concern over the future of Hong Kong and the freedom of religious groups. We hope that the University will make this clear to President Jiang, while displaying hospitality within the bounds of good taste...
BRASILIA: Being president of the U.S. means learning how to multi-task. Bill Clinton was already juggling diplomacy with politics on his South American tour ? mixing high-level meetings and goodwill visits to slums with as many plugs as possible for the fast-track trade-agreement powers he is seeking from Congress. Then he finds himself in an impromptu Air Force One press briefing on campaign finance, assuring us he will offer himself to Janet Reno for questioning. As if all this wasn't enough, Clinton now has to decide exactly how he is going to use his line-item...
LONDON: Just graduated and looking for a career? Two words: Arms sales. The global weapons trade, which dipped after the Cold War, is booming again, according to the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. The think-tank revealed Tuesday that sales grew by 8 percent last year and 13 percent in 1995, arresting a seven-year decline. The market for weapons of mass destruction has now hit a staggering $39.9 billion per annum...