1. Tropical timber producers have been pressing for the ITTA, which expires next year, to be replaced by a comprehensive agreement that also covers wood from temperate forests. 2. Although international mediators for the talks have insisted that they would be satisfied only by a comprehensive agreement, territorial issues have kept them from that goal. 3. And on the Middle East, Clinton expressed conviction that President Hafez Assad wants peace and that a comprehensive agreement could be reached this year. 4. And the union noted that Saban Entertainment is the only major Hollywood producer lacking a comprehensive SAG agreement. 5. Before leaving Israel for Brussels, Belgium, Albright said that she felt President Clinton could help push the leaders toward a comprehensive agreement. 6. But achieving a comprehensive agreement will be possible only if all sides are prepared to take some risks. 7. Following the withdrawal, negotiations would begin on a comprehensive agreement. 8. Heathrow access is the main sticking point for a more comprehensive agreement. 9. In an interview after his Senate testimony, Pitofsky said Congress should try to work out a comprehensive agreement with the tobacco industry. 10. Overall, the comprehensive Middle East peace agreement that Barak says he wants by next September would cost tens of billions of dollars. |
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