21.   Such a pact is highly unusual for ASEAN, which has preferred the path of consultation and consensus instead of confrontation to solve its problems.

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

23.   The agreement, the third such regional pact, will be known as the African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty, or the Treaty of Pelindaba.

24.   The deadline for signing such a pact is Saturday, but officials estimated a delay of at least two weeks was likely.

25.   Trade Minister Dalia Itzik said Sharon and Labor leader Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, who serves as defense minister, had discussed such a pact.

26.   Trade Minister Dalia Itzik of Labor said Sharon and Labor Party leader Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, who serves as defense minister, had discussed such a pact.

27.   But finalizing concrete legal and technical details of such a pact would take more time, he said.

28.   But if such a pact materialized, the Liberal Democrats were sure to make it contingent on a commitment to introduce proportional representation into British elections.

29.   But in Japan, the United States has encountered strong resistance to such a pact.

30.   But the Liberal Democrats would still make such a pact dependent on a commitment to introduce proportional representation into British elections.