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.

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Republican victory in 2012 would probably forestall a second round of defense cuts mandated by the deficit-reduction law passed in August.

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He then initiated and had sustained negotiations with the Speaker of the House, which while they did not bear fruit in the terms of an agreed-upon grand compromise, they made clear through that process that for significant deficit reduction to be achieved, beyond the initial round of spending cuts that are part of this agreement, there has to be balance.

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So let us work together for the worldwide reduction of interest rates and a scale of stimulus round the world equal to the depth of the recession and the dimensions of the recovery we must make.

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The Fed began the current round of accommodation in September of 2007 with a 50 basis point reduction in the Fed funds rate.

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Mr. Bernanke also reiterated the fact that neither he nor the members of the FOMC team are convinced of the efficacy of another round of full-blown QE asset purchases as regards the mandates of economic growth, reduction in unemployment, and maintenance of benign inflation conditions.

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Geithner also may have to deal with another round of debt-ceiling debates because the deal as is requires 12 lawmakers to propose deficit reduction measures this fall.

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