31.   He made no reference to urgings by some rank-and-file governing Labor Party lawmakers to threaten to cut off aid and preferential trade deals.

32.   He said he expected Beijing would live up to its agreements and called on Congress to approve preferential trade status with China.

33.   In April, the European Union will decide whether to continue negotiating a preferential trade treaty with Mexico.

34.   President George W. Bush, preparing for a meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan, signed recently passed legislation granting that nation preferential trade rules.

35.   Special measures like preferential trade arrangement, GSP and quota systems should be taken for the weaker economies, he said.

36.   Taiwan and Vietnam have agreed to grant each other preferential trade treatment, known as most-favored nation status, a Taiwan newspaper said Friday.

37.   The banana export company is moving to expand in the organic market in hopes of overcoming declining production and fading preferential trade agreements in Europe.

38.   That includes, in addition to political dialogue, the mutual granting of preferential trade terms.

39.   The Commission proposed to take Burma off the list of developing nations that get preferential trade treatment from developing nations.

40.   The decision to release the Christians comes after several U.S. policymakers called the detention a denial of human rights and linked it to Laos gaining preferential trade treatment.