European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday december 11, 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 3 it s not often that a yuletide Parade in frosty Germany Rives spectators the warm but hat s Vithal Heidelberg s Fri rot Futics bearing gifts. Military Community members got gussied up in animal suits on warm fuzzier bearing gifts saturday As part of Patrick Henry Village s third an Nual Christmas Parade. School clubs scouts and Vires clubs joined usher military and civilian organizations from Heidelberg to participate in the procession that threaded its Way through the housing area. It ended at the Canadian forces school parking lot where Santa made a Surprise appearance for the eager children of the Community. Global Trade talks end with Semi Success Montreal a world Trade talks ended i conclusively Friday with tentative gains in Many areas but no sign of Compromise on the critical Issue of farm supports i suppose we could say it s a sem Suc Cess said John Crostic minister of International Trade for Host Canada. Trade ministers agreed to postpone final action until the tint week in april hoping a Way will be found to break a deadlock Between the United states and the european economic Community. Over agriculture top Trade officials from 103 nations came to Montreal to prod along the tour year Uruguay round of free Trade talks under the Genera agreement on tariffs and Trade. This is the most ambitious round of free Trade talks since the Gatt was formed after world War ii and negotiators arc discovering deep sensitivities Over agriculture which had been largely exempted from scrutiny until now. The four month delay in the midterm review of the Uruguay round meant that Progress was Frozen in 11 areas of Tenta Tive agreement. Those areas included freeing Trade in services and monitoring nations Trade policies. Arthur Dunkel the director general of. The Gatt will seek to Bridge differences Over the next four months in the four remaining areas agriculture Protection of intellectual property textile tariffs and quotas and escape clauses from Gat i expressed optimism thai he could persuade the american and euro Pean negotiators to yield by appealing to their guilty consciences Over the impasse on agriculture. The farm deadlock had threatened to derail the entire negotiations because some nations that depend on farm exports had warned they would withhold approval of the other agreements unless they got some Progress on agriculture. The nations that demanded Progress in All areas included Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Uruguay Hungary and new zealand. -. The United states demanded a commit ment by All nations to the eventual Elimina Tion of Trade distorting farm subsidies and barriers while the dec said it was willing to Cut but not eliminate such programs. These were some of the tentative accords reached in Montreal subject to approval in april import tariffs on most goods would be Cut by at least the 30 percent achieved in the last Gatt round which ended in 1979, the significance of Tariff cuts has diminished somewhat along with the Rise in non Tariff barriers -. Trade in services would be liberalized although developing nations would be allowed to give Elwir service industries extra Protection. Sectors to be covered would be decided by May. To Speed up settlement of disputes All Gatt reports on disputes Wouldhave to be completed within 15 months unless the parties agreed to an Extension. The United states would be permitted to take Trade retaliation outside the Gatt rules even if a Gatt proceeding on its complaint was under Way. The legality of countries Trade poli cies would be reviewed every two years Tor the United states Canada Japan and dec countries every four years for 16 other countries and As needed for All other Gatt members. The Gatts director general would be instructed to seek closer lies to the world Bank and International monetary fund and report Back by september. Developed countries would lower barriers to imports of such tropical products As Coffee bananas and rubber from developing nations. Tope raps up plea for conservation Washington a a conserva Tion group Friday unveiled an attempt to convey the message of tropical Forest conservation in a rap music videotape. The videotape made by the . Affiliate of the world wildlife fund should be seen by "5 million to 7 million kids next year in 50,000 schools said Grace m. Lic Barman member of the fund staff and co author of the teachers manual that accompanies the tape and other materials. Interspersed with shots of exotic Ani Mals Birds plants and reptiles in the Jungles of Peru and Brazil a group of youngsters about 10 years old dances through new York City streets and the botanic Garden on the mall in washing ton. ,.- the lyrics reveal the Rocky. Metrics pulsing beat and sustained rhyme of Typ ical rap numbers. The red eyed Frog has suction pads to cling they climb vertically i guess that s their thing. Howler monkeys now they got the style. -. Their howls can be heard Over half Amile. And that s a Caiman wailing a while for its prey to come it s related tothe crocodile.". The teachers kit was made in cooperation with the smithsonian institution whose travelling exhibition service is sending a tropical Forest exhibit to 14 cities. The fund will give 1,000 copies of the tape and teaching materials to Host institutions in those cities. Others will be asked to pay $20 per kit or $5 for the tape alone. Conservationists say 27 million acres of Forest an area bigger than Austria Are Tost around the world each year through logging and conversion to Farmland threatening the existence of thousands of exotic species nol even studied yet by scientists and causing local environmental damage and exacerbation of the greenhouse effect wanning of the Earth we surveyed teachers across the country and they told us in a world of mtg we. Could t use film strips and slide shows and hold students attention said Lieberman. The idea for the tape came from the rap video idea advanced by staffer Sally Russell who produced the tape. A Grant of $75,000 from Chevron corp. Supported the project
