21.   Quicker tariff reductions will be for goods such as domestic clothes dryers, airline safety belts and certain types of photographic film.

22.   Some Western officials charged that China was backsliding on some issues in Geneva, including the timetables for tariff reductions.

23.   Tariff reductions themselves have been a longstanding policy goal of the Chinese government.

24.   The APEC communique, with a firm timetable for substantial tariff reductions, contrasts with a joint statement prepared by APEC ministers two days ago.

25.   The endorsement, with a firm timetable for substantial tariff reductions, contrasts with a draft communique prepared by APEC ministers two days ago.

26.   The ONS expects the tariff reductions on electricity to have a similar effect on the index in March.

27.   The statement offers the usual pieties about budgetary austerity, tariff reduction, getting government out of the marketplace and shrinking bureaucracy.

28.   The tariff reductions he proposed today also face opposition from lawmakers.

29.   The three countries agreed to speed up tariff reduction on such products as ceramic dishes, clothes dryers and airplane seat belts.

30.   The United States will push for faster tariff reductions on environmental and medical technology and fish products, sectors that employ thousands of people in Washington.