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...seem piddling, perhaps involving no more than $25 million in trade. But environmentalists will see it as a watershed event in the history of conservation. The White House is expected to announce this week that the U.S. will impose sanctions on Taiwan for failing to control its trade in tiger bones and rhinoceros horns. It will be the first time the U.S. has imposed trade sanctions to protect endangered species since Congress passed legislation in 1978 authorizing such penalties...
...November, Clinton warned both Taiwan and China to do something about their trade in tiger and rhino parts, and gave them a March deadline. In response, the two countries announced crackdowns on their markets, but wildlife experts were unimpressed. The White House decided to give China the / benefit of the doubt on the tiger issue, perhaps because some in the Administration believe the prospect of increased trade may persuade the Chinese to show more respect for human rights...
...such diplomatic concerns will apparently not save Taiwan from sanctions. The issue now is whether U.S. policy will have enough teeth to help save the tiger...
...Crimson must also contend with the offensive minded Tiger midfielder Scott Reinhardt and senior attacker Scott Conklin, who has found and goal-scoring touch recently in several multi-goal games...
...Crimson squad, coming of its own disappointing loss to Brown on Wednesday, will have to regroup to tackle the Tiger today...