Bush heads for Tokyo to negotiate fairer trade
EL Si:. Of I, Soil I h
jW WM Korea ( A i>)
MEi2LIUB i’f'"'>drn! Bust’,
heading for .1 trade showdown
in Tokyo said Mond.i\ that po
titical lot's wen' trying to trip
turn up with unrealislii expe.
rations Automakers ba< k home
reported tiig s.iles det lines.-un
derlining .1 major sore point
Hush is sure to address m Ja
pun
With pressure building in
both Tokyo and Washington,
there were fresh signs that |a
pan was readying trade conies
sums to try to make Bush's trip
a sui t ess He has billet) his vis
it .is a Im) to find jobs lor Amer
nans by tearing down Japanese
trade barriers
I a p a neve Prime Minister
knt In Miya/awa said Moiuhiv
that his t 011 ntry m 11st he a
friend in need to an e< almin
it ally snuggling I Tilted Stales
ant) dial he would tin every
living he could lo help t S
automakers improve their sales
in Japan
In Detroit, the Big Three
automakers were t onfirfnirig
their worst sales year since
lurid l ord Motor ( o salt) its
pel I sales dropped 1 ! •> per
taint Irorn the year Indore rui
t hrvsler t .orp rejiorted a 1-i
per ent drop (h rieral MotorS
(jirp . the world s largest auto
maker was still to report its tig
ores
Autos account lor .1 bou t
three fourths of the S ll billion
trade gap between Japan and
the I !nited States
Ilusli left Seoul lor Kyoto, la
pan early today on the final leg
of his four nation I’at dii tour
In South Korea, the idmiriis
tration revealed it had privately
approached North Korea about
holding ialks Within a week of
two on the issue ol Pyong
yang's nuclear-weapons poteri
tial
North Korea replied that n
was interested but wanted de
av officials '..ini Bush joined
South Korean President Koh
Tae woo in offering In cancel
an annual join! I' S South Ko
rean military exetcise uhu h
North Kona virus is an ait of
aggression in exi hange for
Pyongyang's willingness u, U>i
low through on a i ommittnent
to Seoul to permit mu lour m
s|ie( tors
[tush toll) South Korean law
makers that North Korea's
pursuit o| nuclear arms stands
as the single greatest satin e ol
danger to peat e in all of North
east Asia
I lie emphasis on security is
sues overshadow eij disputes
with South Korea on e<nitomit
barriers However, the trade is
sue will: take center stage w hen
Hush arrives in Tokyo on hues
day tlie last stop on a 2tv,(X><)
mile tour through Australia and
Asia
\ group (if !H business-: lead
ers including chiefs of the
Big Three automakers will
he part ol Bush s delegation.
helping him try to prv open
Japanese markets
In addition: Preasurv Sis re
tary Nicholas I Bradv llevv to
«on Monday/ t join Hi.sh
:m tils trade talk-, w ith tin. lapa
nrs, Brady decufed to make
tin- trip • IVer ill' w ■ rkcml a
cording to Deputy Secretary
( lain- But Ban. w ho said 'tie
was unaware o! any unexpei
ed development that inntnbut
etl to the dei rsion
! h' staki*s are high for H..
and Miya/aw a
Hot It lain crucial elei tion
tests this year and each man is
suffering sagging popularity rat
mgs Both sides seem dele:
mined to find a formula allow
mg Bush to do( iar,- a victory
!mm his v isi!
I ( an guarantee you, politi
cal opponents no matter
w hat is at hleved w ill he say
mg. Hey, you didn't jump
quite high enough, you need to
Saddam commends
army for its courage
NICOSIA ( vprus ; AP! in a speei ii ( ! early .limed at bolstering
his military support. Iraqi President S.idd.im Hussein Monday
(mused the armv s bravery In the Cull War. which ended in .1 rout
md lens ul thou.‘wimis - ! casualties
Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait on Aug 2 IWl). and were driven
out hv a muliination.il force seven months later
Saddam speaking on tie- Ms! a:.::... rsarv of th. founding ■!
I rut j s armed forces said "Iraq's arnn la< ed bravely the furies of
.intiehevers. treason and lietravul
Do not our forces deserve, after 'a lia! happened, their prestige
in the eves of God and the people ' Our forces deserve to ( definite
their birthday on a national and on a human level. Saddam said
His spent h was carried hv the Iraqi News Agisms, monitored in
Cyprus
l.siled foes of Saddam have lieen predicting that he will tie lop
pled in a military coup, but little has emerged to h.u k that up
Although the war cut deeply into Iraq's military 111.11 hme, it re
mains a powerful instrument of internal repression agamsi Shiite
Muslim and Kurdish rebels
Saddam has increased military salaries at .1 time o! hardship lor
mui h of the Iraqi people Military privileges remain intact, though
Iraq's economic crisis has deepened as U N trade sanctions remain
in effect
Saddam billed tin- war in advance as the mother ol all battles''
anil he has repeated tli.it description frequently ever since
" The mother of all battles came to cleanse the Arab knights of
double vision after the al-Hussem and al Abbas (Scud) rockets, In
addition to stones retaliated against Israel in response to Its aggros
sion and in answer to the world Zionist plot that hu Baghdad ami
Arabism " he said Monday
Saddam lias described the Oulf War and the earlier Iran Iraq war
as "Zionist plots
Dozens of Iraqi Scud missiles raile d on Israel during the Gulf
War Under pressure from Washington, the Israelis did not retail
ate.
I he stones Saddam mentioned apparently referred to the rocks
hurled by Palestinians at Israeli troops during an uprising that has
gone on for more than four years in Israeli-occupied territories
IV I hr iliir V\ e V • |u st
r.iiM'il it mother loot But
lh.it v polities ' ihe president
said
\? vi.v 'top on his \sii»n
trip Bush has hammered |upun
for wh.it the administration
I nnsiders prutri ilonist tr>t<i«’
puiuii's !n Australia last week
flush t.uriv skipped over ivMirs
het W itii t hose two countries
.ini! demanded t.iir play ' from
the t;ov eminent in Tokyo
I vs,int til sis’ us get more
pills ( re,I teil i n the l 'll I teil
St,ites eventually In 1 times
siotis m.i'le or by positions t,ik
etl 111 hip,ill. flush said
Bv his ir.ethoiin at rlietoru.,!
huiltiup .ille.nl ol the japan vis
it B.ish has raised the polite .1!
s i <1 k e . |) e in 111 r i I s !i .1 v e
poum isl on the opening
s-IV
inj4 his trip will in- .1 l.iilurt’ tin
less In comes home with .1
i ninnntHvrnl from I’okvn to
eliminate it*, trade surplus
within five years
In Tokyo. Miva/awa said h<*
would tiu .ill ln> could In mi‘
to it tluit more \ttinri( un cars
1 .in i nmr Iroe of uni um
brum i s
Ht‘ ulso s.tid tie Is t! \ 10)4 to
persuade the Japanese .into in
dustrv to do more to expand
-import's of \mer|i .01 i:.in .in.I
( ar parts
Tokyo has a vt i billion trade
surplus With the t lilted States
and three quarters id the Initial
unee t omes from Japan's auto
Industry
Before fits arrival in Japan.
It -,li said he find heard leri
positive >tatomi'iiIs front
Misa/awi iintl hr also prulsod
tin' Inpanrsr for lowering inter
CM r.ili^
At Ifif rnd ol Ins visit lo
Sroul. Hush apprarml lo hit .1
distil rnd in his rfforl lo cllmi
mil*' Irmii' barrfrrs In South Kn
rr.i
Whllr t milling Sroul with
grout progrrss, Hush said that
doing business In Korea is still
tnori' dlflii nil than it should bo
lor mii h a proud and sin i rs.sfuI
lotmirv
South hoTi-an President Hull
i'ai’ i\ i said . ll is 111 hr OS
; redinglv difflr ull lo lulls open
ou inarkrts in the iniinrdiale
lutlirr Hi- said llr had a ird till
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