Word: tradings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Chile's United Left won the 1970 elections with Salvado Allende. Soon after, the United States began a trade embargo and bribed workers to start a transport strike, paralyzing internal production. Three years after the free elections, the CIA, the Chilean military and $10 million from the United States contributed to the coup that killed the president and installed Pinochet's dictatorship, now 15 years...
When the U.S. trade deficit narrowed dramatically in July, optimists were sure that its improvement would go on gathering momentum, but pessimists warned, "Wait a while." Last week the August figures were released, and the pessimists were proved right. The gap between imports and exports widened to $12.2 billion, up from July's $9.5 billion. While the deficit has been shrinking this year -- to an estimated total of $140 billion, compared with $170 billion in 1987 -- progress may be slowing. That prospect has aborted the U.S. dollar's summer rally. The currency fell last week to 128.25 yen, capping...
...trade deficit had soared," he said. "Republican policies of borrow and spend and borrow and spend had done the damage...
...pledged to eliminate the $150 billion trade deficit in four years by reducing the budget deficit, increasing foreign trade, investing in education and putting more emphasis on research. He said Bush wouldn't talk about his plans...
...presidential race looks -- on television -- from an important battleground. -- Nervous and overprogrammed, Dan Quayle was overmastered by Lloyd Bentsen. -- The electoral- vote map favors Bush. -- Two striking stories from suburban Chicago show racism' s lingering brutality in America. -- Why the U. S. is losing the trade war and what can be done about it -- a campaign essay...