In light of the two companies reaching an agreementonprice yesterday afternoon, a behind-the-scenes participant in the deal asked people to remember what set the whole process in motion.
The United States and Pakistan have not come to an agreementon the price of reopening the supply lines, according to senior administration officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
The Bush Administration should at once repudiate its recent concession to Moscow which would permit the Soviet Union to obtain observer status in the General Agreementon Tariffs and Trade (GATT) before the Kremlin adopts price reform and other market practices needed to make its economy more compatible with the GATT system.