31.   Mercosur has economically benefited all its members by stimulating cross-border trade through lower tariffs.

32.   Mostly because many U.S. companies are waiting for Vietnam to be granted most-favored-nation-status, which will lower tariffs.

33.   Mexico gives preference to wines produced in Chile and has rebuffed U.S. calls to lower tariffs on American wine.

34.   Other American industries hoping for big gains in exports from lower tariffs include producers of paper, pharmaceuticals, beer, processed foods, construction equipment and farm equipment.

35.   Pakistan may also secure a higher quota or lower tariffs for its textile exports to the United States.

36.   Rather, he pleads for lower tariffs.

37.   Retailers such as The Gap in San Francisco also support lower tariffs to cut the cost of imported clothes.

38.   Samsung Electronics Co., Compaq Computer Corp. and other computer-related companies will benefit from lower tariffs as more people will be able to afford their products.

39.   So the almond growers are thrilled at the prospect of lower tariffs once China enters the World Trade Organization.

40.   Singaporean companies, slowed by American import duties on electronics, would find the going easier with lower U.S. tariffs.