European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday september 25,1987 Canadian official suspends free Trade talks with . Washington a Canada broke olt Nigolia tons with the United states wednesday on a far reaching Trade liberalization pact just Short of an oct. 4 deadline imposed by Congress for reaching agreement representatives of both governments said. Canadian Trade negotiator Simon Reisman announced hat he had suspended the talks which have to in going on for More than two years. Ii was not immediately Clear whether the move meant an end to the negotiations or whether efforts would be made to resurrect them. The proposed free Trade agreement first suggested by Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney sought to eliminate most remaining tariffs and barriers Between the two countries. Canada and inc United states Are each other s most important trading partners with two Way Trade in 1986 reaching j130 billion. In recent Days the negotiators had hit an impasse Over ways in which Trade disputes Between the two nations would be negotiated. Canada had insisted on an exemption from . Trade Laws that Call for punitive penalties in Case of unfair trading practices another Issue dividing the two nations is a 1965 automotive pact which generally slates that . Car makers with plants in Canada have to make As Many vehicles there As they sell in the United states from those plants. Canadian negotiators wanted the pact left intact while the United states favored renegotiating it As part of the Overall free Trade agreement. Personal imports of foreign cars w/7/ soon face tougher Epa rules metro areas cited for air pollution a not nun Mil a str Tondu h morn huf cow 8eh coast or Quarty am in a. ,. Washington a . Citizens who buy cars abroad and ship them Home Wilt face tougher rules by the environmental Protection Agency personal imports mostly european luxury cars have risen from 1,500 in 1980 to about 37,000 last year. Epa said it believes Many arc not being modified properly to meet . Pollution standards and that most modification work Hal is done in t durable enough to last 50,000 Miles As the Law requires. Currently such importers must Post a Bond for three limes the value of the car. Within 90 Days the car must be modified and tested by an Epa re cognized lab and certified As meeting . Standards or modified so that it is the same As a . Car. The Bond is then released. Under the new rules that were announced wednes Day and will take effect june 30, Only Independent commercial importers 1 holding Epa licenses will be allowed to import cars that do not meet . Stan Dards. These companies will be required to have licenses for each Model they import younger than six years old and will be responsible for maintenance instruction warranties and recalls. Cars Between six and 20 years old will not need import licenses but still will have to be modified to . Standards by the import company. Cars More than 20 years old Are exempt. Mcdonald s officials losing sleep Over plans for budget motels Newark n j. A weary travellers May soon be Able grab 40 a twinks at one of hundreds of my sleep inns announced wednesday by a Motel company but a famous fast food Chain is plenty Mamad at the Prospect. Quality International the nation s third largest Motel company plans to franchise out the no frills my sleep inns and Market them As the Mcdonald s of lodging cheap and consistent a Quality spokesman announced. But Mcdonald s corp. Of Oak Brook iii., in t too Happy about the companions being made. We have not taken any action but you can be assured that we will said Stephanie sturdy a spokeswoman for Mcdonald s. For 120 to 129 a night customers will get Only the basics in a my sleep room with a bed window desk television and bathroom. The biggest frill is a 15-foot Telephone Cord and the inns will have neither restau rants meeting rooms nor cocktail lounges said company spokesman Timothy Benford. The Silver Springs  Quality International said in a statement the rooms Are so Small that lodgers who want a second bed will have to get an adjoining room. Skurdy said Mcdonald s had not yet contacted Quality International about the Motel company s new a in lure but Wal planning to especially if they Are going to use it to As most people in the business Community do Trade on our name to Trade on All that it stands for the  Quality International which operates More than 1,000 Motel and holds under the names Comfort Quality and Clarion inns plans to open 100 to 200 a sleep inns in the next two years Benford said. City will ban foam plastic containers Berkeley. Calif. A foam plastic food containers made with chlorofluorocarbons will be banned from the 400 fast food outlets and mini markets in this ecology minded Community because they damage the Earth s Ozone layer the City Council decided wednes Day. Count lift Oman Nancy Skinner said the unanimous vote called for the City to prohibit the Purchase of plastic foam products containing rfcs As of Jan. 31. Also passed was a recommendation encouraging merchants to receive More than 20 percent of their Revenue from fast food to establish a voluntary pro Gram to Cut in half their use of non biodegradable packaging she said. Mcdonald s last month became the first major fast food Chain to agree voluntarily to phase out Clam Shell hamburger Container containing rfcs. Environmentalists who spearheaded the Campaign contended thai rfcs released Fay the breakdown of plastics Are threatening Earth s existence by gobbling up the atmosphere s layer of Ozone which keeps out dangerous Levels of ultraviolet rays. Stateside ., Poland agree to Exchange envoys Washington a the United Stales and Poland have agreed to Exchange ambassadors after a tour year absence in another move toward improving relations Between the two countries a state department official speaking on condition or anonymity said president Reagan has chosen As ambassador John Davis a career dip Lomat who has been in charge of the . Embassy in Poland. In return Poland has informed the stale department it is naming Jan Kynast a Deputy for eign minister As its ambassador to the United states. The United Stales last had an ambassador in Poland in 1983, when the Reagan administration decided not to replace Frank Meehan whose tour of duly ended. Poland has not had an ambassador in Washington since envoy Romuald Spasowski defected to the United slates after martial Law was declared. Man who loaned Camel that died files lawsuit Waynesburg a