Foreign Policy in Focus articles from July 1999

Foreign Policy in Focus archives from July 1999

Export-Import Bank.
July 1, 1999... The Export-Import Bank (Eximbank) is an independent U.S. government agency established in 1934 to create jobs through exports. According to Eximbank, its programs annually sustain an estimated 200,000 U.S. jobs directly among exporters and...

Problems With Current U.S. Policy.(Eximbank)
July 1, 1999... Eximbank's original goals were to increase U.S. exports and create U.S. jobs. Yet, it's questionable whether those goals can be met effectively by Eximbank. According to a Congressional Research Service study, "most economists doubt... that a...

Toward a New Foreign Policy.(Eximbank)
July 1, 1999... Eximbank should be privatized. If U.S. taxpayers support continued Eximbank operations, Eximbank and its beneficiaries should be subject to certain restrictions. Privatize Eximbank Organizations from the political left to the right,...

Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
July 15, 1999... The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a wholly owned government corporation established in 1971, provides taxpayer-backed loans, loan guarantees, and insurance to U.S. businesses for investments in "politically risky" countries....

Problems With Current U.S. Policy.
July 15, 1999... Critics on both the left and .the right, from the Corporate Welfare Project and Friends of the Earth to the Cato Institute and the Heritage Foundation, have supported elimination of OPIC as a government agency, albeit for different reasons....

Toward a New Foreign Policy.
July 15, 1999... Private companies, not the federal government, should sell insurance and make loans and loan guarantees for overseas investments. If the federal government continues to provide these services, restrictions should apply. Eliminate OPIC ...

U.S. Democratization Assistance.(Brief Article)
July 30, 1999... With the end of the cold war, U.S. policymakers sought a number of rationales to justify continued engagement in the world and to promote American interests. Republicans and Democrats alike were attracted to a framework developed by the Reagan...

Problems With Current U.S. Policy.(Brief Article)
July 30, 1999... The Clinton administration, even more than its predecessors, has emphasized that free markets and a strong private sector are integral to democracy. Indeed, the Clinton administration was the first to use the term "market democracies." However,...

Toward a New Foreign Policy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 30, 1999... In 1995, President Clinton called democracy promotion "one of the central pillars of the United States' security strategy." But democracy needs to be promoted for its own sake, not simply as an instrument to further U.S. security or economic...