1.   First, investment treaties and tax accords must be signed.

2.   Yeltsin predicted the Russian Duma would ratify an investment treaty with the U.S.

3.   Patterson and Castro were expected to sign a bilateral investment treaty and discuss abolishing visas for diplomats and trade officials, Foreign Affairs Minister Seymour Mullings said Wednesday.

4.   Patterson and Castro were expected to sign an investment treaty and discuss abolishing visas for diplomats and trade officials, Foreign Affairs Minister Seymour Mullings said Wednesday.

5.   A bilateral investment treaty was at the discussion stage, Kantor said.

6.   Cuba and Barbados signed an investment treaty Tuesday, the first such accord between Cuba and another Caribbean country, the Notimex news agency reported.

7.   Cuba and Barbados signed an investment treaty Tuesday, the first such accord between this communist island nation and another Caribbean country, the Notimex news agency reported.

8.   Guyana and Cuba also decided to sign a bilateral investment treaty later this year to protect the minimal trade between the two states.

9.   Guyana and Cuba also decided to sign later this year a bilateral investment treaty protecting the minimal trade between the two states.

10.   He expects the investment treaty to speed up negotiations for similar accords with other countries including the United States.