1.   When a national industry is harmed by imports, governments can raise tariffs without violating trade agreement.

2.   Furthermore, she said, the United States will not impose any serious quotas on Russia as long as imports do not harm American industry.

3.   The Clinton administration had taken the action after the International Trade Commission found that the imports could harm American producers.

4.   Unionized workers and businesses that have been harmed by imports, including citrus, textile and steel producers, have mobilized against trade.

5.   When a national industry is harmed by imports, governments can raise tariffs without violating any trade agreement.

6.   France is eager to keep sugar, beef and cereals out of a free trade deal, fearful that such imports will harm its farmers.

7.   The Canadian International Trade Tribunal last week decided that the U.S. corn imports had not harmed Canadian corn growers as the Manitoba Corn Growers Association had contended last fall.

8.   The lobbying effort began two weeks ago after Bush asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to investigate if domestic steel producers are being seriously harmed by imports.