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Company Press Release / SOURCE: National Corn Growers Association

edited by Kevin Danaher and Roger Burbach. Introduction: People Making History

MSNBC News / By Tom Curry WASHINGTON, May 24 - With a crucial debate on liberalizing trade with China just hours away, supporters seemed confident they had the votes to win. But opponents insisted the battle was not over and both sides planned to lobby members of the House of Representatives right up to decision time about 5 p.m. ET.

USA Today WASHINGTON (AP) - Supporters of a measure to normalize trade relations with China closed in today on the votes needed for victory as both sides dueled for a dwindling pool of undecided House members.

By Adam Entous WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A deeply divided U.S. House of Representatives was expected on Wednesday to narrowly approve a fiercely contested China trade bill, in what would be a monumental victory for President Clinton, pro-business Republicans in Congress and economic reformers in Beijing.

By ELAINE KURTENBACH, Associated Press Writer BEIJING (AP) - For the Chinese, the vote in the U.S. Congress on China's trade status is a stepping stone. The real changes - cheaper imports of everything from movies and shoes to wheat and autos - will come gradually with Beijing's expected entry into the World Trade Organization.

May 23, 2000 / The Montreal Gazette / Catherine Solyom Two protesters armed with warning stickers were, according to this story, arrested inside a supermarket yesterday when they tried to label so-called "Frankenfoods" themselves.

May 23, 2000 / PA News / Andrew Woodcock, Political Correspondent John Sanderson, a UK farmer who owns a 182 hectare mixed arable farm near Harleston and who inadvertently planted GM-contaminated oilseed rape was cited as saying today he had decided to dig up his crop.