European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday. June 23. �?~1991 the stars and stripes Pago 13 commentary David s. Broder i m starting a new non profit organization called the Larry Eagleburger Rescue league. Lawrence s. Eagleburger the rumpled professional Diplomat who is Deputy Secretary of state is maybe a Pound or two on the plump Side a and a Chain smoker. But the real threat to his health and Well being is that he has to climb up Capitol Hill time after time burdened by the task of defending the presidents almost indefensible China policy. 1 legislators like him a lot better than they like the policy he is assigned to and Vocale so there a nothing mean minded about their assault a. Nonetheless. Eagleburger always ends up Flat on his Back gasping for air. The other Day it was the Senate finance committees turn to pummel Bush a Antic notion that the United states should not use the. Leverage of a most favored nation trading status to induce China to adopt More honorable Trade and arms shipment policies in the world and More humane policies toward its own people. A when i come before these hearings defensive Eagleburger said toward the end of this latest ordeal a i find its always my department that seems to be the he knows a As Well As the senators do a that the real source of the absurdly inconsistent us. Policy lies with the president who feels he needs no guid Ance from anyone when it comes to a Bush is determined to Grunt the chinese every break our Best customers get on tariffs and Trade no matter How egregious their behaviour and it is egregious. 1 a . Eagleburger does t try to disguise the facts. A even the passage of two years cannot erase the terrible images of Tiana men Square a the sight of tanks and. Troops advancing on unarmed students a Eagleburger said. A a. The administration has imposed sane Lions and sent a succession of envoys asking the chinese to ease up he said but a the results of our policy to be quite candid have been less than we would have liked ,. China a human rights re Cord remains a the United states is also indignant about China a piracy of . Software designs and other a intellectual property a its shipment of slave labor products int Andrew j. Glass from Bush s China Folly the United states its raising Ever higher barriers against /goods and a most acutely a the mounting reports that it is straining to sell missiles to such unsavoury governments As Syria. 1 some. Legislators want to deny China Man status which would probably be a mistake Given that no other Western nation is contemplating such retaliation. But majorities in the House and Senate will vote to condition a renewal of China a Man privilege on Progress in All these areas. Bush insists that no conditions. Be attached and is determined to veto any congressional restrictions. So poor old Eagleburger has to face the Sena tors and say that denying the chinese free Access to . Markets or attaching conditions to that privilege a does not relate directly to any of our problems with China and a would not put pressure on the chinese to change their behaviour in specific areas.�?�. A this with a straight face which just proves that the stage lost a great actor when he became a Diplomat. The fact of the matter is that the United states has become China a biggest hard eur Reney customer. Last year the chinese sold us $10 billion More of their goods than they bought from us. This year their Trade surplus with the a United states is expected to reach $15 billion. Those billions of dollars Are vital to its struggling third world economy., As Are the 2 million to 3 million chinese jobs dependent on . Markets. But Eagleburger loyally argued that this does not give the United states any leverage. A of course a finance committee chairman Lloyd Bentsch a Texas. Exploded Quot it is not a Trade lever if you wont Ever Vise it and they have no concern about your using it if they think you re never going to use that tool they will never pay any attention to that is. Only the beginning of the contradictions Bush has built into his China policy. The Taiwan piece is even loonies. For 40 years republicans have been ardent defenders of the Taiwan chinese whose free Market policies have made it the sixth largest trading nation in the world. Taiwan wants to soon Gatt the general agreement on Tai Dis and Trad where free Wotsy nations negotiate Trode 1 Era Soa go Ifres that Are the Centrepiece of Insh v International economic policy the world worm Benei ii from its joining gait. But Kosh is holding up . Map gent i Roxana membership to appease bet est. Wow Trade policies Are so tree a we wont consider it for . Sett Wal Liana v. Ruh. A it pass Oil Eaf Burger on this Xvi tit. An Jall the poor Man Chiki say was Quot to to administration is of the View that we Csc the two should not be we Hie to see both Talwala ats the Lyp a x Republic of China eater gait at Mots or less the some Type what a Porky no aug Diplomat shot did have of hag. That intr deos up capos Hill face Patsy i Burger from this Teiry. Is. Close election leaves new Jersey voters came close to dumping sen. Bill Bradley last year. That Jolt made him think deeply about what the democrats must do to be potent at the polls next year. It did not identify with the legitimate concerns of Middle class voters a Bradley said in explaining How he it Vas almost Defeated. Should you ask him the senator could still Tell you More than you would Ever want to know about Thiol world debt. But its Clear that a no longer on his Agenda these Days. Instead he a thinking about the vast body old americans who fall Between the poles of Rich and poor a what Middle class people want and need Quot he says. A is More Money in their pockets. , they Leel that government is no longer accountable a. If Bradley has Bis Way that situation would change. His Best shot at changing it of course is to run for president and win. But Bradley says 1992 a just does no to feel right to me. A anyway he a not alone in assuming that his 1990 results have mooted such a race. A ,&Quot Bradley brims with ideas these Days. That in it self makes Hin an Odd Duck in a Congress whose members mostly can to see beyond the next budget deficit and the next election. A soon for example Bradley plans to put Forward a Bill that would revolutionize Access to a College education. He has been test marketing his plan in june commencement speeches. It can now Cost a family upward of 5100.000 to get a child through a highly rated private University. Some Able students and some top athletes win scholarships. But Many families remain caught in. A big Money squeeze. Even state schools Bradley notes no longer Are any great bargain. Along the Way Banks have tightened up on student Loans. And too Many students Lucky enough to get such Loans see no great moral need to pay them Back. So Bradley would give All students a Way out. As he puts if they could a take responsibility for the education they choose out of the income they will gain from it a costs would be paid Back perhaps Over As Many As 20 years via a payroll surtax or a quarterly assessment from the irs. The notion of an educational Opportunity fund is not new. Actuaries have Long seen it As sound. Insurance premiums would Deal with deadbeats while a onetime pay out feature would protect the newly Rich. The full of ideas rest of us would pay the same was. ires Pun Ixia in come taxes. After the debt pins it it ice i. Quot to the surtax would be Sun Elf. Smart kids could follow Bruce of in in in the anguish of depriving a , or. A a tis or her due. 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