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To: long-gone who wrote (22871)	11/12/1998 8:59:00 AM
From: PaulM	Respond to of 116753

Trade War iht.com

To: long-gone who wrote (22871)	11/12/1998 9:02:00 AM
From: PaulM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116753

War War biz.yahoo.com Richard, I expect the world's biggest market and strongest military to open up new fronts in the coming months. What do you think?

To: long-gone who wrote (22871)	11/12/1998 5:40:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116753

Yeltsin No-Show Highlights Health Worries 05:15 p.m Nov 12, 1998 Eastern By Adam Tanner MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Boris Yeltsin re-ignited concerns about his health Thursday by abruptly going home from his first day back in the Kremlin in more than two weeks and skipping a banquet for Japan's prime minister. The 67-year-old president, who had taken a holiday after suffering what the Kremlin called exhaustion and irregular blood pressure, had earlier moved stiffly and looked puffy-faced at the start of talks with premier Keizo Obuchi. The Russian leader sent Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, 69, to the banquet in his place, surprising the Japanese delegation. The Kremlin said the president had agreed with Japan in the morning that he would not attend the state banquet due to start at 7 p.m. (1600 GMT). ''This is not connected to his health. He feels fine,'' a spokesman said. But Japanese officials contested this version. ''If anyone says that his non-appearance was pre-arranged that is completely false,'' said one official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. ''He looked like a robot today. I saw him in Kawana (in Japan) in April but today he looked completely different, like somebody who is on drugs,'' a second Japanese official said. As on a number of recent occasions, Yeltsin's appearance and actions put questions about his health onto center-stage, overshadowing important diplomatic issues. The Russian president, who appeared in good humor during his first meeting with a foreign leader for a month, had invited Japan to help develop the economy of four disputed North Pacific islands which stand in the way of a peace treaty formally ending World War Two hostilities. He also suggested creating a panel to oversee joint economic management of the islands and agree on the international border. Economic questions are high on the agenda at the Russia-Japan summit, which followed brief visits by the German and Canadian foreign ministers this week and preceded by a few hours a visit by World Bank President James Wolfensohn. Like the other high-level visitors to Moscow this week, Wolfensohn wants to meet the new Primakov government and is likely to want to hear details of his plans for pulling Russia out of economic crisis. Russia needs fresh cash to pay billions of dollars of debt but the World Bank's sister body, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has so far disapproved of the government's anti-crisis plans and is unlikely to issue new credits yet. Russia has played down suggestions that the crisis will cause hunger this winter. But as Yeltsin was bowing out of the luxury Kremlin dinner he was to have hosted, a government minister said Russia was making a formal request for $500 million of food aid from the European Union (EU). ''I have not yet signed an official request but I shall do so as soon as I leave this room,'' Deputy Prime Minister Gennady Kulik told a news briefing. Ukraine was ready to offer $500 million worth of food and Belarus -- no economic powerhouse itself -- had offered $100 million of food in deals which would cover debts those countries owe to Russia, he said. In a sign of concern that the underfunded military might become restless, he said part of the Ukrainian food would be used to supply the army and the interior ministry. Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev said Tuesday some troops were on starvation rations. Russia has already signed a deal with the United States on food supplies and has agreed the outline of a deal with a group of foreign banks on restructuring foreign debts frozen by the previous government as the crisis worsened in August. But doubts remain abroad about Primakov's economic plans, and Russia has already started to print money to balance its budget and pay wage and pension arrears -- a quick fix with likely long-term side-effects, notably fuelling inflation. The Communist-led lower house of parliament, which approved Primakov as prime minister two months ago, broadly backed his plans this week. The Federation Council, the upper house, decided Thursday to discuss them by November 25. Copyright 1998 Reuters Limited.

To: long-gone who wrote (22871)	11/15/1998 4:35:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 116753

APEC leaders agreed at their summit in Vancouver, Canada, last year to set a timetable for cutting tariffs and opening trade worth an estimated $1.5 trillion in nine priority industries. They include environmental goods and services, fish and fish products, forest products, medical equipment, energy, telecommunications, toys, gems and jewelry and chemicals" infoseek.com