51.   Meanwhile, European trading partners, several of which have substantial investments in the Iranian and Libyan energy sectors, voiced their irritation with the US action.

52.   MFN, granted to nearly all US trading partners, provides for the lowest standard US tariffs.

53.   Most Favored Nation is the trading status that the United States confers on most trading partners.

54.   Rubin also said that Washington was in close contact with its Group of Seven leading industrialized nations trading partners on the evolution of the currency situation.

55.   South African President Nelson Mandela heads for Germany next week for a three-day visit aimed at boosting economic ties between South Africa and its largest trading partner.