Word: transatlanticism
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A transatlantic debate heats up as France and Italy defy the U.S.
The transatlantic dispute reached a new pitch last week when France and then Italy openly defied the sanctions imposed by Washington on June 18 to prevent Western European companies from using technology acquired from the U.S. to build the pipeline. Initially, in reaction to the declaration of martial law in...
Taken amid mounting transatlantic trade tensions over steel, agriculture and textiles, Reagan's pipeline decision confirmed suspicions within the Community that Washington, in pursuit of its goals, was riding roughshod over Western Europe's economies. Rightly or wrongly, Western European leaders had been led by Secretary of State...
DIVORCED. Freddie Laker, 59, British pioneer of low-cost, no-frills transatlantic flights, whose Laker Airways was grounded by bankruptcy earlier this year; by American-born Patricia Gates Laker, 43; after seven years of marriage, one son, Fred Jr.; on grounds of adultery; in London.
Last week's Commerce Department rulings might give U.S. steel producers some more of that precious breathing room they keep asking for in order to get their industry back on track. The action, though, could bring on the very sort of risky and pointless transatlantic trade battles that would...