Agence France Presse
GENEVA, April 10 (AFP) - WTO members discussed measures for boosting confidence within the world trade body here Monday, including how to improve market access for the poorest countries, but did not reach any concrete conclusions, trade sources said.
Associated Press / Tom Raum, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House Ways and Means Committee chairman urged President Clinton on Monday to give a televised address to the nation laying out his case for extending permanent trade privileges to China.
April 7, 2000
OECD News Release
Paris -- Many people in the world are eating genetically modified (GM) foods and to date there have been no substantiated adverse effects. But these foods have only been on the market for less than a decade, leaving open the possibility that adverse effects may still be detected in the future.
Associated Press / Tom Raum, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite labor's plans to protest one of President Clinton's top economic objectives this week, supporters of permanent trade privileges for China increasingly sense they will prevail.
Associated Press / Tom Raum, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Dennis Hastert's scheduling of a vote next month on a bill granting permanent trade benefits to China is being applauded by President Clinton and other supporters of the legislation. "This is very good news," says Clinton.
By TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Clinton administration, insisting that permanent trade benefits for China must be unconditional, told Congress today that it will oppose any effort to attach strings to the process.
