Word: vetoes
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While King was visiting South Africa, political maneuvering continued last week over the hotly debated question of sanctions. In Washington, The House and Senate agreed on a set of economic measures against the country and sent the bill to the White House. President Reagan has already vowed to veto the legislation, which bans new U.S. investments and bank loans to South Africa, halts imports of South African goods ranging from sugar to steel, and ends airline service between the two countries...
...sustain a veto, Reagan will need to pick up more than 20 votes in the Senate, where the sanctions bill passed by an overwhelming 84 to 14. The President hopes to win over some Senators by nominating Edward Perkins, a black career diplomat who is now U.S. envoy to Liberia, to be Ambassador to South Africa. Reagan is also counting on the European Community to implement milder measures. This week the twelve E.C. foreign ministers are scheduled to adopt a package of restrictions that would ban imports of South African coal, steel, iron ore and gold coins...
...trade embargo and total U.S. disinvestment. But it was a serious setback for the Reagan Administration's policy of avoiding major sanctions in favor of "constructive engagement." Once the two houses reconcile their differences, Reagan will either have to bow to congressional pressure or be forced to use his veto...
...crucial test of President Reagan's ability to withstand the forces of protectionism. Opponents of the White House's free-trade philosophy had mounted a move in the House of Representatives to override Reagan's veto of a bill to curb imports of textiles and shoes. But when the debate ended last week, the bill's backers fell eight votes short of the two-thirds majority necessary for an override. The final tally: 276 in favor of the proposal, 149 opposed...
...President last week reaffirmed his opposition to the bill. Said he: "This protectionist legislation would impose tremendous costs on consumers . . . and U.S. business. It must not become law." He met with 35 Congressmen to ask for support to sustain his veto. One danger of such a bill is that American import restrictions would provoke its trading partners to take similar actions, hurting U.S. exports. The Administration is not ignoring the industry, however. Last week the U.S. Government agreed to renew for five years an important international pact that governs trade in textiles. The so- called Multi-Fiber Agreement expands import...