WASHINGTON – The United States is fairly optimistic about the global economic impact of a possible war with Iraq, but it is concerned about Japan’s sluggish economy, a U.S. administration official said.
“Once there is some clear resolution of the situation (with Iraq), whatever form that takes, that should provide greater certainty and we would expect that to have a positive economic impact globally,” the official said Friday.
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