41. Passage of the trade legislation would enable UPS to operate on its own, with drivers with familiar brown UPS uniforms. 42. Allies such as Britain and Canada oppose the trade legislation known as the Helms-Burton act, which contains the waiver provision Clinton used. 43. Both Democratic and Republican sponsors of the trade legislation expect the House vote to be extremely close. 44. But Byrne said the court ruling held out the prospect that correctly drafted trade legislation could be used to prohibit certain kinds of advertising. 45. But, he added, the United States could do even better for Peru by first pushing stalled trade legislation for Andean nations through the Senate. 46. Denmark had opposed proposals for retaliatory EU trade legislation arguing it could mean an erosion of Danish sovereignty. 47. Danish Foreign Minister Niels Helveg Petersen rejected retaliatory EU trade legislation arguing it could mean an erosion of Danish sovereignty. 48. Glickman said there are still a handful of House members from agricultural districts who remain undecided about the trade legislation. 49. He said Europe should create new protectionist trade legislation and continue to seek ways to protect its audiovisual industry from American domination. 50. He urged passage of the permanent trade status legislation. |