51.   The betting in the business community, which is lobbying heavily for the presidential negotiating authority, is that Congress eventually will give Bush what he wants.

52.   The measure would restore presidential trade negotiating authority that chief executives have had for much of the past quarter-century.

53.   The U.S. Senate has voted to give President Bush something faintly resembling trade negotiating authority.

54.   This time, the struggle will be over giving Clinton the negotiating authority he needs to expand free trade beyond Mexico to other Latin American countries.

55.   Chile wants to join but without the expedited negotiating authority the United States would have to ask Congress for often onerous approval of all intermediate steps.

56.   The special negotiating authority requires Congress to approve or reject trade agreements in their entirety.