Word: agreements
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...turning the country into a new "Asian Tiger" economy has faded somewhat in a mire of bureaucratic red tape. Foreign investment, which amounted to more than $8 billion a year, or one third of the country's GNP, in the mid-'90s, has slowed recently, and a trade agreement signed with the U.S. in July is a sign of Hanoi's need to expand the U.S. presence in its economy...
...America's leadership now is crucial. Given that the U.S., which makes up less than 5 percent of the worlds population, contributes 25 percent of the global carbon emissions, the Kyoto Protocol (an agreement negotiated by 160 countries in 1997 to control emissions of the gases that cause global warming) will not go into effect without ratification by the U.S. Senate. To enter into force, the Kyoto Protocol requires ratification by 55 parties to the convention, which together were responsible for at least 55 percent of the world's total carbon dioxide emissions in 1990. And while the cooperation...
...After all, it was not scandal but policy concerns that led Congress in 1997 to strip President Clinton of his powers to negotiate "fast-track" trade pacts - agreements that could be put to the legislature in total, rather than be amended on a line-by-line basis. The President lost that vote because of the defection of pro-labor Democrats determined to avoid being railroaded into another NAFTA agreement. Nonetheless, that sent a message to America's potential trade partners: Don't bother to negotiate comprehensive agreements with the President, because he has no authority to deliver. The fast-track...
...Arafat been designated the person to negotiate a peace agreement with Israel? He cannot control the Arab mobs. Armed Palestinian Authority police cannot maintain order within the Arab enclaves under their nominal authority. There is no assurance that Arafat can make good on any peace agreement that might conceivably result from another summit. Certainly, there are right-wing Israeli fanatics. But the Israeli government speaks for its people. For whom does Arafat speak? SEYMOUR I. KAWALLER Hartford, Conn...
...World Wrestling Federation and the World Wildlife Fund hold something in common besides the welfare of some vicious, hairy animals: their initials. Hence the Internet domain-name battle. The Fund uses wwf.org but the Federation uses wwf.com which the people at the Fund claim violates a 1994 agreement. They're trying to pursue it in court in London, but we say settle it in the ring. Here's how the teams match...