1. But such corporate largess had some critics have suggesting that corporations are using the summit as a public relations tool. 2. Earlier Wednesday labor groups, manufacturers and farmers asked Bush, in strongly worded letters, to use the summit meeting to reach an agreement to weaken the dollar. 3. The Clinton administration hopes to use the summit to reach common ground on free trade expansion. 4. Iran may make headway in using the summit to mend fences with Arab states, particularly Saudi Arabia and Egypt. 5. Iran may make some headway in using the summit to mend fences with Arab states. 6. Iranian officials, which have used the summit to forge ties with longtime enemies like Saudi Arabia, played down the disputes. 7. Leaders of cocaine-producing countries used the summit to press rich, narcotics-consuming nations to bear more of the burden in the war on drugs. 8. Most of the leaders are expected to use the summit to hold bilateral talks on specific issues, such as the war in Bosnia and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. 9. Russia also used the summit to push for admission into the World Trade Organization, which would make it easier for Russia to export its goods to Western markets. 10. Russia used the summit to push for admission into the World Trade Organization, which would make it easier for Russia to export its goods to Western markets. |