51.   Widening trade and public sector deficits forced Brazil to abandon its currency controls in mid-January letting the market determine the exchange rate.

52.   Anticipating the move, the government early this month imposed custom duties on ready-to-wear imports to protect the Egyptian industry and fight a widening trade deficit.

53.   But committee members warned that widening trade should take into account respect for human rights and said that safeguards were needed to protect Canadian culture from strong American influences.

54.   Economic growth in Poland should reach six percent this year despite a slowdown in export growth and a widening trade deficit, Polish Planning Minister Miroslaw Pietrewicz said Friday.

55.   Dollar continues to weaken againsterest rates and a widening trade deficit, coupled with fears of escalating violence in the Middle East, dealers said.

56.   Eizenstat stressed that improved market access was the only way for the United States to narrow its widening trade deficit with China.

57.   The widening trade deficit was largely attributed to an increase in imported automobiles, consumer goods and industrial equipment.

58.   While ruling out drastic policy changes and quick fixes, Han has vowed to curb the urgent problems of rising inflation and a widening trade deficit.