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Culture & Politics » soc.culture.china » As Tensions Rise, U.S. and Moscow Falter on Trade
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/world/europe/16summit.html ?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
By JIM RUTENBERG and ANDREW E. KRAMER
Published: July 16, 2006
STRELNA, Russia, Sunday, July 16 - President Bush and President
Vladimir V. Putin announced that they had failed to come to an
agreement on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization, and
aides said the deal, which had been expected as early as this weekend,
was not likely for months.
At a news conference that offered a somewhat rocky prelude to the
annual summit meeting of the Group of 8 economic powers, Mr. Putin and
Mr. Bush also differed over Iraq, the state of Russia's democracy and
Israel's military campaign in Lebanon.
Though they had a few positive announcements as well - agreeing on
initiatives to combat nuclear terrorism and share civilian nuclear
material and technology - overall the appearance highlighted growing
tensions between former cold war rivals now jockeying for global
position.
In the sharpest exchange, Mr. Bush said he had told Mr. Putin during a
private dinner here Friday night about "my desire to promote
institutional change in parts of the world like Iraq - where there is
a free press and free religion - and I told him that a lot of people
in our country would hope Russia would do the same thing."
Mr. Putin, standing bolt upright in a dark blue suit, responded dryly,
"We certainly would not want to have the same kind of democracy as
they have in Iraq, I will tell you quite honestly" - a clear dig at
the challenges still facing the American-supported government there.
Mr. Bush, in a light blue suit and standing more casually than his
counterpart, turned to face Mr. Putin, smiled and said, almost to
himself, "Just wait."
Both men played down any friction, saying it was indicative of a frank
relationship that remains friendly in spite of the areas where their
national interests diverge.
Russia, the host of the Group of 8 summit meeting for the first time,
has set an agenda seeking common cause on protecting energy supplies
and developing new ones, improving national education systems and
combating infectious disease. But exchanges of military fire between
Israel and Hezbollah intruded, and an agreement was reached even before
the meeting that the attending nations would draft some sort of joint
position intended to head off a broader regional conflict.
All sides expected some tension between the United States, which has
expressed support for Israel's need to defend itself, and many of the
other participating countries, whose leaders have deemed Israel's
force excessive and have called for a cease-fire. The leaders also are
to discuss the dual nuclear threats in Iran and North Korea.
Mr. Putin had hoped to kick off the summit meeting, to begin Sunday at
the palace erected by Peter the Great nearly 300 years ago in this St.
Petersburg suburb, with an announcement that the United States would
lift its objection to Russia's accession into the World Trade
Organization. Mr. Putin wants membership as a symbol of the new
position of Russia, flush with oil money, in the global economy.
Negotiations between Russian and American trade representatives went
into the early morning on Saturday, but could not break through
impasses over financial services, food imports and, to a lesser extent,
intellectual property rights.
"We're tough negotiators," Mr. Bush said, adding that the United
States wanted to ensure a deal is reached that Congress will approve.
He added that the two sides were close and that news reports had
wrongly inflated expectations.
In a briefing that followed the joint appearance by the two presidents,
the United States trade representative, Susan Schwab, said it would
probably be months before agreement could be reached. Asked if Russia
had been correct to believe that a breakthrough was possible by this
weekend, Ms. Schwab, who had been involved in the negotiations, said,
"I think both sides would have preferred if we had an agreement."
Her Russian counterparts blamed the United States, complaining in
interviews that the sticking points revolved largely around what they
considered the small issue of food imports, and the American side's
objection to having Russian inspectors visit farms in the United
States.
But Mr. Bush and Mr. Putin agreed to start talks to pave the way for a
deal allowing nuclear waste generated from American-produced plutonium
from around the world to be stored in Russia - a potential shift in
American policy that would be lucrative for Russia. The United States
would gain access to Russian uranium. They also agreed to combat the
potential spread of nuclear materials to terrorists, a sign that the
onetime nuclear rivals now see a common foe in extremists who have made
both nations their targets.
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