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Strategies & Market Trends : Piffer OT - And Other Assorted Nuts -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MythMan who wrote (20014)	2/25/2000 5:18:00 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Respond to of 63513

It's about damn time!!! You can now fly your piffer banner with the rest of us!!!! o\| \|x ----- \|o\|o ----- x\|x\|x

To: MythMan who wrote (20014)	2/27/2000 4:52:00 PM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 63513

Yes, a trade war: China's WTO bid in trouble Friday, February 25, 2000 SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF and NEWS SERVICES BEIJING -- China's entry into the World Trade Organization suffered a potentially fatal setback yesterday when the world's most populous country failed to secure European Union backing and after its threats against Taiwan soured U.S. support. Four days of negotiations between EU and Chinese officials failed to produce an accord on opening up the Chinese market to European companies, a prerequisite to EU approval of China's WTO membership. No date has been set for future discussions. The Boeing Co., the United States' leading exporter, said it's far too early to declare the European talks dead. "While they still don't have a deal, we certainly hope that this is a bump in the road and that eventually the EU and the Chinese negotiate an acceptable deal," said Tim Neale, a Boeing spokesman based in Washington, D.C. The blows to China's WTO aspirations follow threats by China on Monday to take military action against Taiwan, should the island break off reunification negotiations. U.S. Vice President Al Gore, who needs the support of labor unions in his presidential bid, further undermined support within the U.S. Congress for America's own trade pact with China by calling for tighter labor and environment standards in trade accords. The EU is the last major trading power whose support China needs. China has already agreed on pacts with ... seattlep-i.com