41.   Although the countries have not yet exchanged ambassadors or signed trade agreements, the Clinton administration is expected to move quickly on relations with the former U.S. adversary.

42.   Although the official order of business was a world trade agreement, the real drama was the uneasy encounter between the past and the future.

43.   An annual review of U.S. telecom trade agreements showed Mexico has failed to meet the Nafta timetable for establishing mutual recognition of product testing data.

44.   Analysts questioned other aspects of the trade agreement.

45.   Analysts said the world trade agreement could accelerate that timetable.

46.   And if trade agreements can help out industry by bringing in outside issues like protecting copyrights and patents, why not also use them to protect workers?

47.   And experts say the president is not likely to make much headway on global trade agreements because Congress has not yet given him approval to solely negotiate such deals.

48.   Analysts, however, say that if sanctions are applied, they would likely only include the removal of some preferential trade agreements, such as one on flowers.

49.   And four rounds of negotiations between the U.S. and Vietnam to reach a trade agreement have moved forward at a glacial pace.

50.   And by tying Asia and the United States closer together, an APEC trade agreement would help to defuse political tensions.