President F.W. de Klerk's policy of dismantling apartheid has reaped its biggest foreign policy reward to date. Meeting in Luxembourg last week, the 12-nation European Community voted unanimously to lift the group's remaining economic sanctions against Pretoria. As soon as it is formalized, the move will end a five-year-old ban on the importation of South African iron, steel and gold coins that had accounted for $700 million in annual trade before the embargo went into effect.
The action was a stinging defeat for the African National Congress, which had lobbied hard to keep sanctions intact. Said Congress spokesperson Gill Marcus: "We...
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