If not, would the United States support a bid by the Baltic states to obtain observer status at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)?

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Summit Watch: Tough Questions For President Bush

The Center for Security Policy noted today that the United States has officially dropped its major precondition concerning Soviet observer status in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | The Bush Administration��s Response To Repression: US Concessions On Gatt Membership

Repudiation of the Bush Administration's recent concession to Moscow whereby the Soviet Union can obtain observer status in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) even before the Kremlin adopts price reform and other market practices needed to make its economy more compatible with the GATT system.

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