U.S. threatens to bar some EC contracts

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The US announced Feb 1, 1993, that it would not grant contracts to companies from the European Community (EC) for telecommunications and power-generation services in retaliation for an EC directive effective Jan 1, 1993, ordering EC governments to favor EC telecommunications and power generation firms.

Europe, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Contracts, Corporations, Corporations, European

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Quayle implies GATT, security link

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A dispute broke out between the US and European Community after a remark by Dan Quayle seemed to link a resolution of the GATT Uruguay Round trade talks to a continued US military presence in Europe. Some observers believed the remark implied the US commitment to NATO might be threatened.

Quayle, Dan

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U.S., EC reach deal on farm subsidy cuts; GATT talks set to resume

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Representatives from the US and the EC reached an agreement on Nov 20, 1992, to decrease EC agricultural subsidies to oilseed farmers. Although the agreement removed a significant obstacle to world trade negotiations, French officials called the pact 'unacceptable.'

France, International aspects, Agricultural subsidies, Treaties

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