31.   The Paris Club will not grant debt relief unless a debtor country has an IMF program in place.

32.   The panel upheld a complaint from the European Union against the so-called U.S. Foreign Sales Corporation Program, which grants tax relief to U.S. corporations exporting through offshore subsidiaries.

33.   The White House announced that Clinton had decided to grant import relief for U.S. steel wire rod manufacturers and makers of U.S. line pipe.

34.   Dealers said prices shot up on reports that Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram may grant some relief to the minimum alternative tax announced in the budget.

35.   Washington maintains that the decision to grant food relief should be based on humanitarian considerations.