LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Houston economic summit fails to agree on much

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:39

Description

Report on the lack of agreement on several issues at the economic summit of 7 nations in Houston including export subsidies and economic aid to the USSR. They did agree to let individual nations provide aid to the USSR and for Japan to provide China with loans. Includes speech by US Secretary of State James Baker. Male reporter not identified (possibly Nick Peters).

Contributors

James Baker; Nick Peters?

Keywords

USA; Exports; USSR; China; Free trade; Political reform; Europe; Japan; Loans; Summits (meetings); IMF; Financial aid; Houston; EC

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