81.   Lan believes tariff cuts and other effects of ASEAN entry will benefit Vietnam by increasing competitiveness and access to new markets.

82.   Officials had said before the talks that negotiations would probably center on expanding the list of items excluded from tariff cuts.

83.   Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama announced earlier that Japan would accelerate its Uruguay Round tariff cuts by two years including the areas of textiles, chemicals and steel.

84.   Senate budget rules require that the administration can prove it will be able to finance the cost of the tariff cuts under the accord for the next decade.

85.   Senate budget rules require the administration to prove it will be able to finance the cost of the tariff cuts under the accord for the next decade.

86.   Take the package of tariff cuts announced by China in Osaka a few months ago.

87.   Tang insisted China had already met all the requirements for entry into the global trade body, pointing to recent tariff cuts and the lowering of non-tariff barriers.

88.   The EU statement said the tariff cuts over the next three years would take place in four stages starting in July next year.

89.   The host, Japan, also put a significant offer into the kitty, promising accelerated tariff cut and new deregulation measures.

90.   The Malaysian government announced the tariff cuts on heavy machinery, food products, household goods and raw materials in an effort to force down domestic prices.