11.   Chen said Friday he still planned to push for closer economic links between Taiwan and China, which had been one of his campaign themes.

12.   --Economic links.

13.   Egyptian officials feel they cannot sever economic links with Tripoli without further damage to their economy and society.

14.   He noted that though economic links would be strengthened, adopting a common currency would take years, not months.

15.   He said there is a need to clarify the economic links between countries inside and outside the monetary union.

16.   In the past Kuchma has expressed skepticism over the benefit of Western aid or the probability of strong economic links with the West.

17.   Israel and Jordan only now, a year after their peace agreement was signed, are on the verge of concluding a trade pact and normalizing economic links.

18.   Latin American nations are particularly attracted to the U.S. currency because they get paid in dollars for exports and have other economic links to the U.S.

19.   More recently the Mexican government has come to view its economic link with the United States as inevitable.

20.   Other economic links reached east into Afghanistan and perhaps India.