Word: trades
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more serious problem is president Clinton's failure so far to obtain fast-track authority to negotiate multilateral trade deals. Because he knew he would lose, the President asked the House to postpone a scheduled November vote on that authority, which would have enabled him to strike trade bargains that Congress could accept or reject but not amend...
...ripple-effect crisis in Japan could then be felt in the U.S. At the very least, Japan would decrease its imports of American goods, thus widening its already large trade gap with this country. At the worst, Japan would begin selling off some of its $320 billion in U.S. Treasury securities, leading to a run-up in U.S. interest rates and perhaps an end to the bull market...
Asian demand for American goods has started to slacken. And don't expect many Asian leaders to have the political stomach to open their own markets much further in this time of crisis, especially now that the U.S. Congress has rebuffed President Clinton on fast-track trade legislation...
...business culture that made them rich even while it dragged their nations into crisis. In the Asian Pacific, where much of the current trouble was brought on by buddy-buddy capitalism and closed-door banking practices, the fund wants more stringent borrowing rules, more open bank reporting and freer trade policies...
...that both the Democrats and Labour must shed their image of big-spending liberalism. "Center-left parties today should be the parties of fiscal prudence," says Blair. Each side worked on ideas for welfare-to-work programs, tough anticrime measures, national standards for education and a commitment to free trade. They also discussed a philosophy of community that tempered the coldness of capitalism as well as the need to promote a civic society where individual rights carry social responsibilities. The alliance harks back to the conservative one shared by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. But Clinton and Blair are personally...