11.   Sperling said technology companies appeared to have difficulty finding workers with the necessary skills.

12.   Sperling said.

13.   Sperling said Clinton would target such key areas as automobiles and chemicals, where tariffs are especially high.

14.   Sperling said he also expects a little snickering from the public.

15.   Sperling said that China would not agree to some labor demands and that if the administration had insisted on them, the agreement would have been scuttled.

16.   The president was amused, Sperling said.

17.   When Fattah asked for White House support of his grant notification plan, Sperling said he decided the two ideas would work well together.

18.   When fuel cells technology is perfected, the short-range problem will disappear, Sperling said.

19.   But Sperling said the administration would not commit to such a standard.

20.   Sperling said a number of other nations were on the verge of qualifying.