Versailles summit opens with no clear plan to revive growth
At Versailles the seven leading economies meet amid a bleak outlook. Leaders fear stagnant growth, high inflation and rising unemployment across Europe, Japan, the United States and Canada with no agreed formula to spark a global upturn.
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Francois Mitterrand
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Canada
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International Monetary Fund
Versailles
Mitterrand
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Palace
Louis XIV
West Germany
Britain
Italy
France
Europe
North America
Reagan faces six leaders at summit on rates trade and deficits
The six leaders including Reagan will clash over high U.S. interest rates deficits and currency swings. European heads urge budget restraint and dollar stabilization while pressing for freer trade with Japan and Eastern Europe. Trudeau backs tighter protectionism critique as FIRA draws fire.
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Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Trudeau
Mitterrand
Canada
France
Italy
Europe
Soviet Union
Japan
Zenko Suzuki
Foreign Investment Review Agency
FIRA
Common tastes unite European youth in four nations
A Boston Globe piece surveys British French West German and Italian youth revealing shared tastes and disaffection with parents’ generation amid jobs housing and future prospects. It notes alienation across classes in Britain and Germany and contrasts Italian happiness with German anxiety. It also highlights foreign-born children in West Germany and concerns over schooling and integration.
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Aels
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Josef Janning
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America
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Canada Day debated as Dominion Day rename gains support
Ottawa discussion centers on renaming the national holiday from Dominion Day to Canada Day. Liberal and Conservative lawmakers weigh in with polls showing three to one favoring Canada Day, while debates recall the flag, anthem, and patriation milestones.
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Nepean- Carleton
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Joe Clark
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Francis Fox
United States
St. George’s Day
Britain
France
New Zealand
Canada
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