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Show I ' ';V ' Meeting Unusually Smooth KMC-Unio- n jj voc5n fe&j r.i ( Don n tin Sired j. Holier! A : fctNNtWN v V'H l&V3 M pro! uMie- on Hie l. line spooif UP oi 1! lialmne Business Kaim There was a i el !, nr. iHOFNIX. seiivo of do; a u lliere wa- - K 'I'fei i'! 'in.: a o rriiw.un pro'.e eoinminileal i 5 $ 4 o!hn:.' Im hie dame proies in procedure--- . .on on benefits. a lieHer uiitferst Hiding of v liaf eoiisli ,md United Steelworkers Interna- tional treasurer Frank McKee sharing a motel lieneh under the no-ngleaming r sun Flanking them ere their and chief labor t w lieu'onants a ors Petris of the steelworkers Kenneeott nc g o t i Robert 1 1 One thought of the time in the late the unthinkable happened 1060s when in Salt Lake City the merger of the Int'Trntional Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Worker, with their onee hitter . I Keti-luvo- enemies, the steelworkers. Of course, this week's unprecedented Kenneeoit-imionmeeting m Phoenix did not involve merger, much less m the style of German unions. Bui it did involve coin illation over confrontation And to the extent that the three-dmeeting may have provided conciliation. and a meeting next year does likewise, Kenneeott and its unions may get through contract negotiations in 1083 without a strike. First Time Since '62 If so, it would he the first time since 1062 that the giant copper company will have made a smooth transition to a new contract without the bickering and battle that has been part of all other negotiations for three decades. The idea is for the unions and management to lay out their problems on a once yearly basis rather than let them faster into irreconcilable differences by negotiation time. On Wednesday the unions put their s .. i Union picket line at Kenneeott, this time during 19K0 strike, has been an inevitab rim discussions may end strike tradition which has plagued the copper producers. ility during every contract negotiation but for one in past 50 years. New inter- - a : 'i f i Steel Import Trace Is Ending, Trade Confrontation Mounts By Clyde H. Farnsworth New York Times Writer government credits to tax rebates. Under United States trade law. such duties are assessed only after long proceedings in which American manufacturers have to show, among other things, the existence of the subsidies and material injury as a result of them. According to government sources, the Commerce Department complaints involve imports valued "A about $100 million a month, representing nearly 10 percent of steel shipments into this country. That the government itself would file the complaints marks a dramatic change in trade practices: The government has the authority to do so. hut has rarely used it. Common Market Wants Truce Despite difficulties that the companies might have in proving that they have been hurt by imports, government sources here say the Common Market has been trying to head off the filing of any new steel eases and to maintain the truce brought about by withdrawal of an antidumping complaint by the United States Steel Corp. late last year. Dumping refers to the sale of imported goods here at less than what are determined to be fair market prices. The Common Market has said that if the Commerce Department iniated an action against European steelmakers, low-co- A year-ol- d WASHINGTON truce over steel imports is ending, raising the sjH'cter of another major trade confron- tation as the United States and major steel exporting countries struggle to preserve jobs as economies weaken. Both the domestic steel industry and the Reagan administration are threatening to take legal action against producers in Europe and elsewhere tiecause of recent surges in imports. The American steelmakers charge that foreign steel companies are selling here at unfairly low prices and that some of the costs of this steel are being heavily subsidized by foreign governments. American government sources that Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige told industry leaders Wednesday in New York that the government, in an unusual move, was preparing to file countervailing duty actions against steelmakers in France, Belgium. Luxembourg. Romania and South Africa. Countervailing Duties Countervailing duties are designed to eliminate the advantages that exporters to this country may have when they ship goods that benefit from government subsidies and are therefore priced more cheaply than goods produced here. The subsidies can range from it would be considered a hostile gesture because of the importance of the trade to the Europeans in their battle with unemployment. The unemployment rate in France is at least as high as in the United States, and in Belgium it is 50 percent higher. But the jobless rate in Luxembourg is still relatively low. 05 of Capacity The domestic steel industrys complaints about imports have increased about in proportion to the rate of decline in the steel factory operating rate. Output is now down to 65 percent of capacity compared with the high with 50,000 steelwor80's last spring kers laid off and another 15.000 on a short workweek. "Layoffs once again have become increasingly evident, and they promise to grow larger in the weeks ahead. says Frederick G. Jaicks, chairman of the Inland Steel Co. Rising imports have seriously imparted our order he book and our mill operations, recently told the Senate steel caucus, a group of senators with important steelmaking operations in their states. William J. De Lancey, chairman of the Republic Steel Corp. and chairman of the the American Iron and Steel Institute, said imports could have a "devastating impact, particularly during the kind of recession we are now experiencing. st A $12 million high-risfeaturing luxury condominium units and two floors for commercial space, will replace six businesses near the University of Utah campus. e, h Sutton Place East. East, will feature a building which will house the six businesses and the residential units selling for $375,000 to $675,000 each for the four penthouses. 222-13t- -- b' Eight floors of the structure will provide 86,000 square feet of space in 30 residences with an east and west view featured for each home. ,'!. s two floors of office space, is to be built at 222-13East. 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