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Article: TRADE SANCTIONS BELONG IN HISTORY'S CIRCULAR FILE.(Local)(Column)

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May 21, 1998
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Byline: Holger Jensen

Jesse Helms and Fidel Castro have finally found something they can agree on: Both don't like the deal President Clinton cut with Europe to water down the American embargoes of Iran and Cuba.

The powerful chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says it ``condones thievery and dishonesty.'' The long-reigning Communist leader of Cuba calls it ``unclear, contradictory and unethical.''

In essence, Clinton exempted the 15-nation European Union from two American laws - the Helms-Burton Act and the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act - that have caused an acrimonious trans-Atlantic trade row.

The Helms-Burton Act empowers ...

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