61.   A Cabinet minister told Parliament Thursday that sugar imports from neighbor and longtime rival Pakistan should be stopped because they hurt domestic producers.

62.   A weak dollar makes imports more expensive and can encourage domestic producers to raise prices.

63.   Anti-reform legislators said the projects would favor foreign investors while stifling domestic producers.

64.   But he declined to offer any new initiatives to help domestic producers, sparking an outcry from the oil industry.

65.   But the administration rejected any new initiatives to help domestic producers.

66.   China plans to implement anti-dumping measures this year to curb imports of cut-price foreign steel and help domestic producers, an official newspaper said Sunday.

67.   China will order import curbs on oil to prop up domestic producers hurt by low world market prices, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

68.   China has in many cases kept prices for oil and petroleum products high in order to maintain energy security by keeping its domestic producers financially sound.

69.   China will order import curbs on oil to prop up domestic producers hurt by low world market prices, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday.

70.   Domestic producers are probably suffering more, he said.