51.   Quaker Fabrics was among the hundreds of companies that lobbied Congress to approve permanent normalized trade relations with China.

52.   Proponents also say that if permanent trade status is not granted, American business will lose out to nations that do grant it to China.

53.   Rogan, R-Pasadena, has said he will support PNTR only if the United States also agrees to give the same permanent trade status to Taiwan.

54.   Similarly, passage of the trade bill giving permanent normalized trade status to China was seen as a natural development.

55.   Several Tiananmen Square student leaders, including Wang Dang and Chai Ling, have also said that they support granting China permanent trade status.

56.   Specifically, Clinton wants Congress to approve so-called permanent normal trade relations, or PNTR, for China.

57.   That measure would grant Beijing permanent normal trade relations.

58.   Tech companies want Congress to grant permanent normal trade relations status to China.

59.   That will be after the Senate vote on granting China permanent normal trade status.

60.   The Clinton administration, which considers the vote on permanent normal trade relations its top remaining legislative priority, expects a narrow win.