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In evoking the name of Andropov, who is widely believed to have been responsible for Gorbachev's rapid rise through the hierarchy, the General Secretary signaled his intention to pursue the cautious program of bureaucratic and economic reform that has been desultorily followed for the past two years. The Soviet...
Later in the week came some less cheerful economic readings. The Commerce Department announced that the U.S. trade deficit surged to a record $123 billion in 1984, far surpassing the $69 billion shortfall of 1983. The ! widening gap means that foreign manufacturers are increasingly taking business and profits away from...
Further complicating the equation are domestic political perceptions. Seeking the White House in 1980, Ronald Reagan warned of a "widening gap" being opened by the Soviets in the nuclear competition and vowed that he would help the U.S. regain a "superior defensive capability." After taking office, he declared flatly that...
The gap, though difficult to measure with precision, appears to be widening. In 1978 Western Europe had a $500 million trade surplus in such high-technology exports as computers, digital telecommunications systems, robotics and computer-controlled industrial machinery. Two years later the surplus had evaporated; in its stead was a...
Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini to power. There were no signs during Genscher's visit that Iran's fanatical Shi'ite Muslim leaders had changed their opinion of the U.S. "devil," but West German officials found them less prone to heap verbal abuse on the West. When Genscher expressed...