11.   Caribbean leaders, in turn, told Clinton earlier this month their economies were suffering.

12.   Clinton planned to strike agreements with Caribbean leaders meeting in Barbados next weekend on cooperative efforts against drug trafficking.

13.   Clinton is in Barbados attending a summit of Caribbean leaders on the last leg of three-nation Latin America swing.

14.   Clinton will meet with Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, and Central American leaders in Costa Rica before traveling to Barbados for a summit with Caribbean leaders.

15.   He and several Caribbean leaders criticized U.S. pressure to end preferential trade without giving the island nations time to convert their production to other, more competitive products.

16.   He plans a summit in Costa Rica with seven Central American leaders and a meeting with Caribbean leaders in Barbados before returning to Washington next Monday.

17.   He will later visit Barbados for talks with Caribbean leaders before returning to Washington on Monday.

18.   If they do lose the market, Caribbean leaders say it could set off a wave of immigration by residents seeking work in the United States.

19.   Many Caribbean leaders agree that economic setbacks have left their nations particularly vulnerable to the drug trade.

20.   The Caribbean leaders also are expected to sign the Charter of Civil Society and Protocol I, amending the Treaty of Chaguaramas.