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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 7, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 3 . Negotiators report Trade talks with Japan stalled before the Maneu vers escorted by japanese patrol boats the . Nuclear powered aircraft Carrier Carl Vinson enters Casebo port in Japan a Southern prefecture of Nagasaki. After a rest for the Crew and replenish ing of supplies the 81,600-ton Flattop was scheduled to leave Casebo on monday. It will be participating in team spirit 1990, a .-South korean joint military exercise. Washington apr top . Trade negotiators told Congress monday that they have been disappointed with the Lack of Progress so far in efforts to reduce japanese barriers to american imports. But the negotiators held out Hope that the weekend Summit Between president Bush and japanese prime minister Toshiki Kaifu May re energize the stalled talks. Two senators warned of growing congressional unhappiness with the seemingly intractable Trade deficit America is running with the japanese which totalled $49 billion in 1989. They raised the possibility of legislation that would Force the administration to retaliate against japanese products sold in the United states. Deputy . Trade representative s. Linn Williams told a Senate Trade subcommittee that Little Progress has been made in the three rounds of talks held so far. He said the japanese negotiators have raised a number of reasons for being unable to make the reforms sought by the american Side. A we Are not satisfied with the Progress of the  Williams said. A the Basic question is whether the japanese Side secs the negotiations As damage control and a Public relations exercise or As a substantive Effort. On that the jury is still  Williams appeared with officials from state Treasury. Commerce and the Council of economic advisers to give a Progress report on the so called structural impediments initiative which Aims at eliminating economic shortcomings in both countries viewed As culprits in the massive Trade imbalance. On the japanese Side negotiators Are focusing on various exclusionary business practices that keep out foreign Competition. The american issues include a Low savings rate and High Federal budget deficit which increases the need for foreign capital to finance the . Savings shortfall. The negotiators who face a deadline of april for an interim report and july for a final report have achieved no breakthroughs so far. Trade held Center stage at a two Day Summit Between Bush and Kaifu in Palm Springs. Calif., Over the weekend. The administration officials said monday they were encouraged by the pledges both leaders made alter the discussions concerning the need to make Progress. However. Sen. Max Baleus. A Mont. Chairman of the Trade subcommittee of the Senate finance c Ommittee. Said that Kaifu s promises of reforms made to Bush were not enough. A every . President since Nixon has gotten promises of a More open Market from Japan. Most of those promises have been  he said. Baucus and sen. John Danforth. A to. Both said that Congress patience was growing Short and in the talks failed it was Likely that Japan would face legislation requiring mandatory retaliation. A the next  months Are going to be telling months for Japan and for the Bush  Danforth  honors Blacks Victory in Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwe apr Nelson Mandela Laid a Wreath monday at a memorial to those killed in the War of Independence that transformed White ruled Rhodesia into Black governed Zimbabwe. Mandela 71, Deputy president of the african National Congress began his fourth week of Freedom from 27 years in South african prisons at the North korean built Monument to the Blacks wartime Victory. The Black nationalist Leader a Symbol of the fight against South africans apartheid policy of racial separation and White domination said Zimbabwe a Victory was an inspiration to South african Blacks. In South Africa the 5 million Whites dominate political and economic Power. The 28 million Blacks have no National voting rights. A nothing can Ever Stop an idea whose time has come a Mandela later told South african Trade unionists and exiles at the University of Zimbabwe in Harare a and the time of the idea of liberation Freedom and peace has come in our country.�?�. He also said difficult times would precede South Africa s transition to a democratic state for All its people. The University a vice Chancellor Walter Kamba conferred on Mandela an honorary doctorate of Law. Mandela was a lawyer before his imprisonment in Nelson Mandela walks away after laying a Wreath at a Harare shrine memorializing those killed in Zimbabwe a War for Independence. 1962 and subsequent life sentence for leading the Anc s guerrilla Campaign against the South african government. He was released by president . De Klerk on feb. 11 As part of a Campaign to open negotiations with Black nationalists on a new Constitution that would give Blacks voting rights. Monday had been declared Mandela Day a Zimbabwe s president. Robert Mugabe but Many zimbabweans went to work unaware of the Holiday. Mugabe led zimbabwean guerrillas in their seven year fight against the White rulers of what was then Rhodesia. The country became Black ruled Zimbabwe following negotiations Between the guerrillas and White leaders in 1979 and elections in 1980. At a state banquet sunday night he urged a fall liberation forces in South Africa to harness their energies so As to hasten the end of the evil system of apartheid and the creation of a democratic and non racial South Alrica. Mugabe also spoke of a discordant voices in the face of efforts toward peace talks Between anti apartheid forces and de Klerk s government. He appeared to be referring to the pan africanist Congress the Anc s main rival which opposes contacts with Pretoria and supports armed struggle. Corsiga denounces racial attacks in Florence Florence Italy apr president Francesco Corsiga decrying racial violence has cautioned against intolerance following a florentine mobs attack on North african immigrants. Last weeks bashing by about 200, mainly Young people during carnival celebrations was an explosion of racial tension that has been escalating in the last  weeks in Florence a Treasury of the arts and the Center of humanism during the italian Renaissance. Speaking with reporters in Sicily. Corsiga urged florentine to a react positively before the situation further deteriorates. He asserted the racism did not reflect the thinking of the majority of florentine or of italians in general. Graffiti scrawled on Walls in Florence in recent Days have demanded that jobs go to italians not immigrants. However. Many of the immigrants jobs Are Low paying. Hard work positions that go unfilled by italians. Many of the North africans also try to Cam a living vending wares along Florence a streets competing with merchants in the City s open air Market. Immigration from third world countries. With Waves of Job seekers coming from Asia and Eastern Europe As Well As Africa is a hotly debated Issue nation wide. The Senate last week approved a Law giving illegal aliens the Chance to make their stay Legal without prosecution. Some florentine have contended that the immigrants Are ruining the City w hich lives off tourism. When the mayor tried to talk with the demonstrators he was pushed against a car by the crowd and had to be rescued by police  
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