1.   Like its alliance with USAir, the pact would allow American and BA to jointly market their trans-Atlantic flights and combine their frequent flier programs.

2.   The Federal Trade Commission reported Monday that the tobacco industry would profit from the proposed national tobacco settlement because the pact would allow cigarette makers to fix prices.

3.   The pacts will allow Cisco to become a player in helping to build the connections for the cable networks that can access the Internet, a potentially huge business.

4.   The pact would allow American companies like Westinghouse and General Electric to sell commercial nuclear equipment to China, including reactors.

5.   But the pact also allowed Japan to slow the growth rate if it replaced that quota with the more-efficient tariff system.

6.   Foreign Ministry spokesman Rock Leng said the informal pact allows Taiwan fishermen to continue operating in the area and might be followed by an official agreement.

7.   Should police seek to invoke the laws in the future the pact allows journalists to appeal to National Director of Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka.

8.   Such a pact would allow, say, a Brazilian steel maker to sell girders in Los Angeles without paying a penny to U.S. customs.

9.   That would be permissible under the ABM treaty, but the pact does not allow for more than one site or a change from one site to another.

10.   The pact allows Israeli aircraft to train in Turkish airspace and use Turkish air bases.