VOL. XLIII

No. 32

7-August-2000

OPEC

Party Platform Says Republican President Would Not Tolerate OPEC Price Hikes

As might have been expected, the Republican Party platform for the November 2000 US presidential election campaign claims that the US has lost influence in the Middle East under the Clinton administration and declares that high oil prices will not be tolerated by a Republican president. The document declares that "the OPEC cartel drove up the price of oil" and promises that "a...