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The U.S. economic offensive against South Africa : is it working?
(WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)Blackwell Corporation (Washington D.C.)Georgetown University. School of Foreign ServiceSouth Carolina Educational Television Network, 1987-04-04)
Examines U.S. Economic sanctions aimed at ending apartheid in South Africa.
A conversation with Senator Lloyd Bentsen on American competitiveness
(WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)Blackwell Corporation (Washington D.C.)Georgetown University. School of Foreign ServiceSouth Carolina Educational Television Network, 1987-03-07)
Senator Lloyd Bentsen, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, discusses the United States' growing trade deficit and proposed trade legislation.
The United States and European fight over agricultural trade
(WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)Blackwell Corporation (Washington D.C.)Georgetown University. School of Foreign ServiceSouth Carolina Educational Television Network, 1987-02-07)
Examines the recent dispute between the United States and the European Community over agricultural trade.
A conversation with Barber Conable, President of the World Bank
(WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)Blackwell Corporation (Washington D.C.)Georgetown University. School of Foreign ServiceSouth Carolina Educational Television Network, 1987)
Examines the role of the World Bank in spurring economic growth and the ways in which the institution benefits the United States.
Can the Baker Plan solve the world debt crisis?
(WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)Blackwell Corporation (Washington D.C.)Georgetown University. School of Foreign ServiceSouth Carolina Educational Television Network, 1987)
Examines the roots of the world debt crisis and Treasury Secretary James Baker's plan for debt relief.
The Contras and U.S. policy in Central America
(WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)Blackwell Corporation (Washington D.C.)Georgetown University. School of Foreign ServiceSouth Carolina Educational Television Network, 1987)
In this interview, Elliott Abrams discusses the situation in Nicaragua and makes the argument for American support of the Contras.
A conversation with James Schlesinger
(WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)Blackwell Corporation (Washington D.C.)Georgetown University. School of Foreign ServiceSouth Carolina Educational Television Network, 1987)
Examines the proposed removal of intermediate range nuclear weapons from Europe and the elimination of the Soviet short-range nuclear arsenal.
Maritime strategy and the future of the navy
(WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)Blackwell Corporation (Washington D.C.)Georgetown University. School of Foreign ServiceSouth Carolina Educational Television Network, 1987)
Examines the Soviet threat to U.S. naval supremacy and American maritime strategy.
A conversation with Richard Perle
(WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)Blackwell Corporation (Washington D.C.)Georgetown University. School of Foreign ServiceSouth Carolina Educational Television Network, 1987)
Examines obstacles standing in the way of a U.S.-Soviet arms control treaty and congressional pressure to develop the MGM-134 "Midgetman" missile.
Is there an energy crisis in America's future?
(WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)Blackwell Corporation (Washington D.C.)Georgetown University. School of Foreign ServiceSouth Carolina Educational Television Network, 1987-01-17)
Examines the problem of government intervention in the oil market and the sudden rise in oil prices that occurred in 1987.