1.   Although both parties say they support the pact, known as GATT, they still find themselves at odds as soon as they start discussing its details.

2.   Clinton urged lawmakers Thursday to support the pact.

3.   Despite his objections to the North American Free Trade Agreement, he holds shares in a firm that supported the pact.

4.   Dole has resisted the growing isolationist tendencies in the GOP by supporting free trade pacts.

5.   He noted the firmer political commitments that grew to support the pact.

6.   Major environmental groups supported the pact.

7.   But Democrats, while supporting the pact, objected to the need for the letter exchange.

8.   Canada has said it supports the pact, but wants credits for emission reductions opposed by European nations.

9.   Clinton has called on Republicans to support the pact, for which negotiations started during the Reagan presidency, as evidence of their willingness to cooperate with his administration.

10.   Clinton has called on Republicans to support the pact, initiated during the Reagan administration, as evidence of their willingness to cooperate with his administration.