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Pending trade war worries European Community ’ A_ - - - -J ■KMilWi BKU.Shfc.LS. Belgium CAP) Eu ropean Community negotiators •..ih) Wednesday they will moot with their I S counterparts within a week to trv to avert a trade war mat could damage struggling economies on nout mu.-, of the Atlantic The announcement signaled the 12-nation bltx has at least temporarily bridged differenc es over dealing with U ,S demands for further tuts in subsidies paid to W: farmers flrilain, Germany and others have urged tom promise, while I rani e lias pressed for retaliation The flush administration has given tin1 KG until Dec r. to resolve the dispute or fate import taxes on S $00 million worth of Huropean products, mostly Trench white wines The United States and other nations argue tiie subsidies keep huropean farm prims unfairly low in world markets C.ommunity leaders say they will respond with puni tive duties on a similar amount of US gtxxis That might bring further at turn by the 1 mted States anti trig gi»r a tariff war that would c.ul t»f gcKxis frorn b<Jth sides ,m<i could affect thousands of jobs Although farm lobbies are strong tn most of the Euro pean Community nations, particularly m 1 ranee, influ ential ftritlsh and Cermari industrial groups, which fear a trade war would further sluvs imnomies. apparently had the last word "What the world econoinir situation requires at the moment is cairn discussion and not saber milling, said firitish Prime Minister John Major, who < urrontlv holds the community's rotating president \ " There is an urgent need to come to terms with the Americans," said K< spokesman Nicn Wegtor "There is a very good reason to believe that ii deni tan be made." he added Hut there was no sign the lit had changed its bargain ing position of resisting going beyond the subsidy cuts adopted last spring However, officials said chances for an agreement im proved after lit. farm Commissioner Kay Mac.Sharrv agreed to resume Ins role in the negotiations Macsharrv. an Irishman, quit last wwl and accused EC Commission President. Jacques Delors. of interfering to protect French interests Delors. a French Socialist, has appeared conciliatory in recent days Cermany also seemed lo pressure Franco into a more accommodating position, raising the specter of a loss of trade if no deal < an be made If we withdraw into Fortress Europe and the Ameri cans withdraw into the United States, that would be an idiotic form of politics." German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said Wednesday after a meeting with Major MacSharrv and EC Trade Commissioner, Frans An driessen. hope to meet sewn with their U S counter parts, Agriculture Secretary, Edward Madlgan and Trade Representative, {Faria Hills The meeting could come as early ns this weekend, hut most likely will be early next week, officials said EC agriculture ministers, traditionally the toughest in refusing concession on subsidies to their ') million farmers, are to meet in Brussels next week Mexicans protest election fraud MATAMOKOS, Mexico (Al*) Angry protestors on Wndnosday socked and burned the state electoral commission officii In this border t itv uft«*r guards I lent demonstrators protesting «l I<*ged vote fraud Opposition party loaders wore trying to on tor the building when they were pushed hiit k by truncheon w I elding guiirtis, said Isidro Canales, who witnessed iho confrontation Tito demonstrators Imtjime enraged after a woman was badly beaten, witnesses salt) Ignoring tear gas. they at tat ked the building and set fire to it Opposition supporters. who started a si i - in t uosoay in (ho city Kh 1 i across tK«? 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