1.   The women can no longer appeal because a deadline lapsed.

2.   US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor and Chinese Foreign Trade Minister Wu Yi sipped champagne after signing the copyright agreement, forged after a sanctions deadline lapsed last month.

3.   Under the IPR accord, reached last month as a sanctions deadline lapsed, China is to abolish import restrictions on audio-visual and publishing products.

4.   Under the IPR agreement, reached last month as a sanctions deadline lapsed, China has pledged to boost implementation of existing copyright legislation.