1.   Among the issues discussed were market access, exchange of electronic data and how to handle breaches.

2.   American insurance companies await word from the Japanese government on who will represent them on a commission aimed at finding ways to improve their market access.

3.   And IBM has been able to market access to its researchers as a special benefit of entering into close relationships with its services unit.

4.   And the US response appears to be a limit on market access of the sort forbidden under the North American Free Trade Agreement.

5.   As a member country, he said, Taiwan would be able negotiate market access and develop rules on trade.

6.   Asia-Pacific trade ministers discussed ways to widen market access and reduce barriers to tariffs and trade in such areas as financial services and technology products.

7.   But he did not deny that U.S. support for China to join the trade organization would hinge on its willingness to improve market access.

8.   By granting preferential market access to members, it would discriminate against exports from non-members.

9.   China has promised more market access to U.S. exports in return for permanent trade status and entry to the World Trade Organization.

10.   Chinese officials say privately, however, that such a proposal involves market access and not copyright protection and therefore is not part of the current talks.