31.   A senior U.S. official urged Japan to open its market for international airline service or face the prospect of a shrinking share of the global aviation business.

32.   A spokesman at the French communications ministry said the new French government was prepared to take swift action to open the market to greater competition.

33.   A trade agreement has been viewed as vital to opening new markets and spurring business investment.

34.   ABN Amro Bank, Banque Indosuez and Deutsche Morgan Grenfell all recently opened emerging markets trading desks in London.

35.   Advocates believe GATT will create high-wage jobs and add billions of dollars to the economy by opening export markets to efficient U.S. producers.

36.   After years of cossetting inefficient local producers, the governments of Mexico and Argentina opened their markets to foreign competition.

37.   Agriculture is a major industry in his district and opening markets to their commodities is a major litmus test in November.

38.   Already, Browning-Ferris has helped to push contract prices way down and opened the market to other outsiders.

39.   Brazilian officials say that before opening their markets further, they must reform taxes and cut the cost of credit.

40.   But a crushing recession in Mexico, coupled with stiff resistance from Mexican industries, has made the Mexican government reluctant to open its markets further.