11.   After five years of negotiations, January talks in Montreal produced a set of rules governing trade in genetically engineered products.

12.   But Kantor said China will have to go much further in trade liberalization to qualify for membership in the Geneva-based organization that governs world trade.

13.   Communist Vietnam is preparing an initial offer of market-opening commitments to present in negotiations on joining the WTO, which sets regulations governing international trade.

14.   European nations believe the law violates World Trade Organization rules governing international trade and infringes on their sovereignty.

15.   Export documents are required to comply with provisions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, which governs foreign trade in rare wildlife.

16.   Hiranuma said Japan may file a complaint with the WTO, the international organization that governs global trade.

17.   Legislators are working on new laws and rules to govern the trade, but approval is not expected until next year.

18.   Opening markets in financial services had been a top negotiating goal of the United States during the seven-year effort to rewrite the rules governing world trade.

19.   Renato Ruggiero, the secretary general of the World Trade Organization, which governs global trade, also spoke at the meeting.

20.   She points out that regulations governing prospective trade with Cuba are yet to be written.