Quick approval of U.S. appointees seen as a plus for Asia; confirmations of Albright and Cohen raise prospects for a more bipartisan approach to policy

Article Abstract:

The quick US Senate confirmation of new secretary of state Madeleine Albright and new Pentagon chief William Cohen augurs well to a more bipartisan approach to Asian policy. Albright, the former ambassador to the United Nations, impressed most of the Republican senators with her promise to watch closely the delicate US-China relations. Cohen, the former Republican senator from Maine, promised to give extra attention to US' security relations with countries of the Asia-Pacific.

Executive Offices, National Security, Dept of Defense, Executive Appointments, Officials and employees, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Albright, Madeleine K., Executive departments (Government), Secretaries of state, United States. Department of Defense, Political appointments, Cohen, William S.

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Information technology plan faces hurdles

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The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit has initiated a global agreement to phase out tariffs on information technology. However, several obstacles remain such as agreement on the list of products to be covered, tariff-elimination schedule and review mechanism to prevent cheating on tariff classification. Many are skeptical that an agreement will be reached before the WTO ministerial meeting on Dec. 9-13, 1996.

Planning, International aspects, Information technology, Tariffs, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

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Asian traders look increasingly inward for export targets

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The World Trade Organization's annual trade review showed that Asian exporters are looking more towards intraregional trade. Statistics show that trade between Asian nations grew by 48.5% in 1994 as compared to 41.9% in 1991. In contrast, Asian exports to the US and Western Europe during this period underwent a sharp decline.

Statistics, Asia, International trade

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