21.   Pyongyang has persistently demanded that it has direct dealings with the U.S. to discuss replacing the armistice agreement with a peace treaty excluding South Korea.

22.   Taiwan bans direct dealings with China, and uses Hong Kong as a halfway house.

23.   Taiwan plans to set up special trading zones where it can ease or even waive its restrictions on direct dealings with China, a newspaper reported Thursday.

24.   The association is launching a campaign against local companies who have direct commercial dealings with Israeli institutions.

25.   Greenwich Capital Markets is one of primary dealers authorised to buy and sell US government securities in direct dealings with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

26.   Gu said that by dealing direct with the four state banks, the central bank improved efficiency in its rediscounting service.

27.   But it maintains its ban on direct dealings with Israel.

28.   Chan is the most senior Hong Kong official to have direct dealings with China.

29.   While he has experience with military intelligence, administration officials stressed this week that he has not had any direct dealings with the CIA.

30.   Market participants abolished official trading hours to keep abreast with round-the-clock foreign exchange business through direct dealing and international broking.