WASHINGTON The United States and the Soviet Union reached basicagreement Thursday on an economic pact that would normalize traderelations between the two superpowers for the first time in nearlyhalf a century, a senior U.S. negotiator announced.
U.S. Deputy Trade Representative Julius Katz said he expectedthe agreement would be ready for signing at the May 30-June 3 summitbetween President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev.
Thursday's announcement, which followed three days ofclosed-door talks in Paris, came despite calls by some members ofCongress for Bush to postpone the negotiations until Moscow resolvesits current tensions with Lithuania. Bush …
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