The Nation - News from Oct. 25, 1985

The Reagan Administration warned it would make free trade agreements with individual countries if plans fall through for a round of international talks to expand world trade. “International business is too important for the economic well-being of billions of people to permit the intransigence of three or four nations to impede the progress of 100 others, many of which are poor,” said Clayton K. Yeutter, the U.S. trade representative. His remarks were in a speech to the Economic Club of Chicago.