The writer was the chief U.S. negotiator in the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks during the Bush administration.
Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Mr. Schumer, said that strategy would be pursued in future deficit-reduction talks because Democrats believe domestic discretionary programs have been cut to the bone.
The Soviets have been put on notice that the United States is not serious about its current proposal in the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks which calls for a complete ban on such missiles.
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Curiously, Admiral Crowe implicitly acknowledges that such an agreement is not inherently in the U.S. interest by rationalizing the coupling of American concessions in this area with "major" Soviet concessions in the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks.
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Clinton told Putin that changes would have to be made in the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty before the United States could engage in the next round of nuclear arms reduction talks, known as START III, Talbott said.
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U.S. insistence that the European Community agree in the present GATT round talks on a radical reduction in trade barriers -- particularly in the agricultural sector -- that threaten to prevent Central Europe from exporting its way to prosperity.
Fund managers involved in the talks say that the reduction in the net present value of the bonds may be much higher than that suggested by a 50% reduction in their face value: the true figure could be closer to 70%.
There is also a negotiating process going on through these talks that the Vice President is overseeing, and the goal of that process is for each side to find common ground and to find an agreement for significant deficit reduction that all the parties to those talks can sign on to.
He was also instrumental in a second track of talks that led to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or Start, that called for deep cuts in the number of long-range weapons deployed by each side in the Cold War.
Sequestration's critics are legion, but it may be a requirement to meet the 2020 greenhouse-gas-reduction goals most countries set for themselves prior to the Copenhagen talks.
Though both rich and poor countries have been working to get the talks back on track since then, a substantial reduction of the rich world's bloated farm subsidies is crucial to bringing their poorer brethren back into the fold.
What we need to have is a conversation about what will pass -- negotiations that build upon the tremendous success that negotiators involved in the Vice President-led talks had -- and then to move forward with a significant deficit reduction deal that is balanced and fair, and that the American people are demanding.
But together we also remain willing to engage in meaningful talks -- meaningful talks -- with North Korea with the shared goals of denuclearization and the reduction of tensions on the peninsula and in the region.
And he demonstrated by appointing the Vice President to lead these talks that he is very serious about leading this process to a conclusion that produces serious deficit reduction.
Both Boehner and McConnell have complained that Obama refuses to address needed spending cuts and entitlement reforms to bring about substantive deficit reduction, and the timing of the phone calls appeared in response to questions about a lack of formal talks involving the president.
Sources familiar with the talks said it provides key concessions for the U.S. automotive industry, including a slower reduction of tariffs on South Korean imports and provisions that should make it easier for American firms to crack the South Korean market.
Talks broke down in June after Tehran demanded the West first repeal some sanctions before it would consider any reduction in its nuclear activities.
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What may turn out to be most important is that the Greek government moved nearer to a formal default on what it owes, as talks collapsed between the Greek premier, Lucas Papademos, and representatives of banks on a voluntary 50% reduction on what they are repaid.
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