| Show 12A Fnday December 1 World 2000 Standard-Examine- Mexican expatriates hoping for better times bafek home With 7 million Mexican citizens living in the US concern for the old country is very much alive The Associated Press SAN DIEGO - Standing on a busy street corner with other waiting for work Jose Santiago Cuellar had praise - and a warning - for Mexiday-labore- rs co’s new president Vicente Fox Santiago who voted for Fox in July to help dislodge a ruling party that had controlled Mexico for 71 years said he and his countrymen expect to see big in the economy under Fox San “We’d better” the Diego resident warned “because we’ve learned how to get rid of a government that doesn’t workfor the people” Such sentiment echoes among Mexicans around the United States as their country enters a new political era Friday with the start of Fox’s presidency From the desert Southwest to urban centers in California and Illinois and a small town in Iowa Mexicans who moved north to escape poverty look homeward with wary optimism “His victory I think will lend legitimacy to the government and make it stronger” said Miguel de Paz 28 a graduate student at Loyola University in i Chicago who voted for Fox Norberto Reyes 42 a restaurant owner in Dalton Ga said he is excited by the opposition victory which he hopes will eventually allow him to open a business in his native country “Everybody wanted a change” Reyes said “The people were tired of the existing party because at every turn Mexico was going more down than up” About 7 million people with Mexican citizenship live in the United States and many retain strong ties to their homeland The money they send home constitutes Mexico’s third-largesource of income after oil and tourism Fox’s stated goals of modernizing the st Mexican economy and eventually openborder resonate ing the with Mexicans abroad like Gustavo Arriaga 34 who received an engineering degree at home but works as a parking attendant in Los Angeles “I would kind of like to see free movement for citizens between Mexico and here” said Arriaga Alfredo Vargas 34 a construction worker m San Diego said reducing poverty (more than 40 million Mexicans live on $2 a day or less) is the most important issue for him Nearly all the young adults from his village in Michoacan now live in the United States Fox has outlined an ambitious agenda US-Mexi- term He has vowed to for his 1 reduce poverty by 30 percent create million jobs a year revamp the tax system overhaul the nation’s law enforcement and crack down on corruption When he won in July he defeated Francisco Labastida the candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party or PRI which had dominated Mexican politics since 1929 Ramon Villagomez a construction worker in Chicago said that outcome alone is worth celebrating “I'm happy because for the first time I can remember Americans are reading about Mexico itself not about drugs or corruption" he said six-ye- ar National interests bog down WTO talks McClatchy Newspapers - A year after plans to launch a new round of international trade negotiations died amid violence on the WASHINGTON streets of Seattle the World Trade Organization remains paralyzed and its member countries deeply divided over what comes next The protests which led to roughly 600 arrests and millions of dollars in property damages may have helped bring the seemingly unstoppable drive toward globalization to a sudden halt In ihe aftermath of “Battle for Seattle’’ the WTO the White House i he European Union the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund areconsidenng labor environmental and human rights issues as they set the agenda fox the global economy While the disputes may seem obscure and the language of globalization arcane trillions of dollars m international commerce - including everything from apples and airplanes to computer software and wheat - could be at stake m a new round of trade talks Free traders want to eliminate all remaining tariffs and other trade banners while skeptics worry such a move could harm the fragile economies of the least developed nations Michael Moore director general of the WTO has spent the past year trying to repair the damage from Seattle ’traveling the world m a so far futile efTort to convince the 139 nations that make up the body which sets and enforces international trading rules that a new round of trade talks is still possible Moore remains optimistic and the W TO ministers the same group that was the target of the Seattle protests are scheduled to meet again m 2001 But no date has been set for the ministerial meeting and no city including Geneva the site of countless international trade meetings has offered to host it “We don’t have a date a place or a meeting of the minds” said rank Vargo international vice president of the National Associ1 ation of Manufacturers GREAT SAVINGS THROUGHOUT OUR STORE: WOMEN'S SAVE 33 SAVE 33 Misses’ Social Occasion Dresses Dresses Suits & Pantsels Selected styles Selected styles MISSES PETITES save 33-5- 0 save Career Fall Sportswear PETITES SAVE 33 Fall Casual Ladies’ Fall Sportswear Sweaters America's favorite designer Choose from all her lifestyles From America's favorite designer MISSES JUNIORS SHOES & MORE 33-5- 0 Selected styles MISSES PETITES WOMEN'S WORLD WOMEN'S WORLD TT s “The fault lines are still there ” Moore's effort was bolstered earlier this month when President Clinton convinced 20 other c leaders meeting in — Brunet to unanimously back the launching of a new round of trade talks next year The leaders whose countries account for nearly half of global trade were at first reluctant to take such a step But Japan and Singapore joined the United States in pushing for the strongest possible support for a new round and the developing nations won a promise that their concerns would be addressed The developing) nations remain extremely skeptical about ihe drive to address labor environmental and human rights concerns during the new talks fearing that if a trade treaty is too tightly drawn it could smother their attempt' to join the world economy ‘ W e need to break down these barriers with the developing Asia-Pacifi- countries that are cious” said the AI vr- -' The statement from the suspiShai-l- or Asia-Pacif- ic leaders was welcomed by Moore but represented only a tiny step toward a new round as dozens of other nations still have to be convinced Sharp divisions remain be- tween the Unued States and Europe over European agricultural subsidies which were in part responsible for the collapse of the Seattle WTO meeting and other disputes have threatened to start trade war a trans-Atlant- ic r SAVE 33 Fall Bechamel Knit Separates Selected styles MISSES PETITES WOMEN S WORLD SAVE 33 Chaus Sport Sportswear Selected fall styles MISSES PETITES: Ong 36 00 NOW 24 12 WOMEN S WORLD: Ong 40 00 NOW 26 80 MOW ' 39 SAVE Junior Status Denim Jeans In our Junior Denim Department Ong 58 00 50 SAVE Men’s & Women’s Fall Dress & Casual Shoes Selected styles from Adidas’ Nike Reebok’ & more Athletic Shoes Selected styles holiday 9 auras on hand Section vanes by or United to non- - 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