Clinton Vietnam visit opens US business opportunities for 78 million market
American firms led by Boeing Coca Cola General Electric General Motors Cisco Nike and Proctor & Gamble join a three day Clinton trip to Vietnam seeking access to soft drinks consumer products and high tech telecoms as trade reforms slash tariffs. The visit highlights plans to expand banking presence two new branches in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and promote a bilateral trade deal expected to cut tariffs from about 40 percent to around 3 percent. The deal ties Vietnam to market reforms and intellectual property protections while Hanoi faces resistance from state run firms and aims to advance free market capitalism and democracy through engagement.
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Panel split on new round of multinational trade talks
Washington report on a 12 member US Trade Deficit Review Commission shows equal Republican and Democratic factions disagreeing over labor and environmental issues in trade talks. Democrats warn that omitting such standards risks job loss and inequality while Republicans urge limiting nonessential standards and rely on ILO for enforcement. The panel notes the deficit rose from 29.5 billion in 1991 to an estimated 450 billion in 2000 and calls for easing export controls and pursuing a new multilateral round.
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