Discussions on cutting tariffs would start only in July 2001, and run in parallel with a new round of global trade talks expected to be launched by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in November (which are likely to start with farm trade).This is a neat formula.
But at a separate AIPAC panel Monday, two experts on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations said that any discussion of cutting off American aid is fraught with risk.
So the discussions now center on cutting off even more lending to the Iranians and — for the first time — supplies of technology and other goods.
But, perhaps showing how genteel such panels have become, the discussion at the Beverly Hills Perrin Conference on "cutting edge" asbestos litigation issues centered on relatively arcane case management orders.
After a focus for months on cutting spending and budget deficits, the discussion has shifted to ways to bolster growth.
But Mr. Bloomberg and his welfare commissioner, Verna Eggleston, have avoided any overt reassessment of the Giuliani administration's welfare legacy, with its emphasis on cutting the rolls, even as they changed the tone of discussion about the poor.
At one point, the discussion was divided over whether to use the terms "differentiated commitments/contributions", referring to targets on cutting emissions, or the term "commitments/contributions/action".
Teens share personal stories about cutting anonymously at sites like VirtualTeen.org, where the forum on "cutting and self harm" is far more active (approaching 60,000 posts) than discussions about depression and eating disorders.
They appear bent on cutting costs.
There was little detail on cutting costs.
