41.   The Senate version has no provisions on tuna and extends textile trade preferences only to goods made with U.S. fabric.

42.   The trade preferences hurt U.S.-owned producers with huge plantations in Central and South America, the United States contended.

43.   The United States offers its most advantageous tariffs and trade preferences to countries given the status.

44.   The United States urged the European Union on Thursday to abide by a World Trade Organization panel ruling condemning EU trade preferences for banana imports from its former colonies.

45.   The trade preferences are the subject of a complaint filed by the United States before the World Trade Organization.

46.   The United States argued that the trade preferences violated international trade rules.

47.   The United States successfully challenged trade preferences some small, former colonies in the Caribbean have with European countries.

48.   The United States won a challenge to the European banana regime at the World Trade Organization last year, arguing that trade preferences hurt U.S. and Latin American producers.

49.   They also want the same trade preferences that Canada and Mexico enjoy under the North American Free Trade Agreement.

50.   When President Bill Clinton visits the Caribbean next week, he can expect to hear complaints about a successful U.S. challenge to European trade preferences for Caribbean banana exports.