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...Brazil and the U.S., and that did not seem probable on the eve of the Quebec City summit. Even if that sea change came about, the process of negotiating the deal is one of the most challenging in modern history. In short, the odds on building a new trade framework before the 2005 deadline look forbiddingly long...
...expense of American people. In his first 76 days, Bush declared that CO2 should not be regulated as a pollutant, and followed that up by abandoning the Kyoto global environmental accord, on the grounds that it lets developing nations off the hook. Bush substituted nothing for a framework that, however imperfect, took years to construct. EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman has no legs left to be cut out from under her. Then he shelved a Clinton regulation that tightened standards for arsenic in drinking water, arguing that more research is needed. While some people might be fuzzy about greenhouse gases...
...been the peace process itself, and the possibility it created that dialogue could result in the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza being replaced with a Palestinian state. That process collapsed last year at Camp David, and Sharon has refused to countenance new negotiations within the Oslo framework. Under those circumstances, it's hard to imagine Arafat finding cause to send his security forces after the Islamists. For the Palestinians peace was always inextricably linked to their political goals - it's hard to imagine any Palestinian leader opting to simply get along with Israel under the present distribution...
...will be bracing for a new escalation on both sides, with little sign that the resolve in either side will be broken by their adversary upping the ante. Indeed, Arafat may determine that he has little to gain from allowing the situation to stabilize in the absence of any framework for pursuing his coveted state, and may even be tempted to encourage an escalation of violence in the hope that it may force Arab states and the wider international community to put more pressure on Israel. And for the Israelis, domestic political concerns will prompt Sharon to raise the level...
...Kyoto Protocol is the only game in town in their eyes," Whitman also wrote the President. "There is a real fear in the international community that if the U.S. is not willing to discuss the issue within the framework of Kyoto the whole thing will fall apart...