1.   And his spokesman said he would do whatever Clinton asked him to do to prod Congress toward approving normal trade relations with China.

2.   As the president said yesterday, we are going to pursue the World Trade Organization issue with respect to normal trade relations.

3.   Bailey noted that AIG is lobbying for approval of permanent normal trade relations with China, a measure passed by the House but tied up in the Senate.

4.   Because China has not completed negotiations to enter the World Trade Organization, Congress is expected to have to vote once again this year on normal trade status.

5.   Beijing would like to garner some positive press before the Senate votes on normal permanent trade relations with China.

6.   A critical vote on granting China permanent normal trade relations is scheduled in the U.S. House next week.

7.   A majority of Senate Republicans urged their leader, Trent Lott, to delay until September a vote on a major bill establishing permanent normal trade relations with China.

8.   Allegations of such aid to Pakistan have complicated passage by the Senate of normal trade status for China.

9.   Both have opposed extending normal trade privileges to China in the past.

10.   Both the Clinton administration and the Chinese government encouraged U.S. businesses to lobby for normal trade relations.