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A two-way street with Syria ; An opportunity is rising out of the ashes in Iraq. The United States clearly could use Damascus' help. What's often overlooked is that Syria's stagnant economy needs a lift, too
2006
Overview
President Bush and Syrian President Bashar Assad could not have chillier relations, but the political crisis in Iraq might finally force them to start talking, as the Iraq Study Group's report recommends. The United States and Syria, for different reasons, need each other right now. Bush needs Assad's help in Iraq and because of his close ties with Iran; Assad needs Bush to ease up on sanctions that have prevented Assad from implementing long overdue economic development and reforms at home. This will be hard to accomplish under current situations. In 2004, Bush signed the Syria Accountability Act of 2003, prohibiting the export to Syria of any U.S. products other than food and medicine. The sanctions were imposed by the Bush administration as leverage against Syria for its support of terrorist groups, its then- military presence in Lebanon, its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction, and its actions to undermine U.S. and international efforts to stabilize Iraq. Under a provision of the USA Patriot Act, U.S. financial institutions are banned from doing business in Syria, further dampening trade. The Bush administration should take advantage of Syria's ambition to become an emerging market by using economic incentives to gain support for a Middle Eastern peace effort. It should offer to remove economic sanctions and support Syrian membership in the World Trade Organization in return for Syria's help to steady Iraq. The United States needs to seize this historic moment to bring stability to the Middle East by capitalizing on Syria's desire and need to engage further with the global economy.
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USA Today, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc
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