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...always used trade to further political ends; the most recent example of this was the partial embargo on grain shipments to the Soviet Union after its invasion of Afghanistan. But there has never been a blanket declaration in advance of such a policy on so broad a scale. President Reagan and Secretary of State Alexander Haig support the concept of linkage. But trade veterans decry it as naive. Says one former Carter trade official: "Brock wouldn't advocate such a policy if he had more time on the job." The "anti-linkage" argument is that trade cannot be turned...
...Saudis' overriding political purpose is thus to persuade Washington to pressure Israel into working toward a solution to the Palestinian problem. U.S. officials were caught by surprise in 1973 when the Saudis joined OPEC in the oil embargo. Observers now caution that Washington should be under no illusion that the Saudis would not use their oil weapon again if they felt they had to. Moreover the Saudis presently feel that the US owes them a great deal for having increased oil production twice during the past two years-and at a price that is $4 per bbl. below that...
...goods. In that context, Tikhonov criticized the loss of trade with the U.S., which has dropped by more than 50% the past year. "It is not our fault that trade with the U.S.A. is declining," said Tikhonov in an obvious reference to Jimmy Carter's post-Afghanistan grain embargo. "That is a result of U.S. policy, which uses trade for unseemly political ends...
...crossing the Angolan border at will, as South Africa has been doing, could backfire. Third World frustration over Pretoria's failure to make concessions at Geneva has generated renewed demands by black African nations like oil-rich Nigeria for international sanctions against South Africa. The call for an embargo by the U.N. Security Council is likely to get widespread support. The South Africans hope to get a more sympathetic hearing from Reagan's Administration. Washington's European allies, however, are expected to continue to push for a negotiated solution. Thus, while Western observers agree that South Africa...
Strangely, considering the pressure of the clock, the conversation bogs down in minutiae: the choice of a chamber in which to hold a congressional briefing on the grain embargo issue, and the distribution of seats in Nancy Reagan's box when the President addresses Congress Wednesday night. The staff has already chosen the wives of several important congressional leaders. Reagan adds: "You know somebody else who ought to be in there? Paul Laxalt's wife...