1.   A trade agreement negotiated under fast-track requires that Congress either accept or reject the whole deal, rather than amending or rewriting the agreement.

2.   But state officials from around the country have strongly opposed rewriting the agreements.

3.   Fox could not have made its deal without ESPN rewriting its agreement with the NHL.

4.   Industrialized countries say such a delay is an attempt to rewrite existing agreements.

5.   Talbott, a journalist and author before joining the administration, furiously rewrote the agreement.

6.   The IRA, however, says it has no intention of turning in its weapons, while Sinn Fein accuses Trimble of trying to rewrite the agreement.

7.   Such authority would prevent Congress from rewriting trade agreements the administration reaches with other countries.

8.   Formal discussions on rewriting the agreement will begin in September and are expected to last about six months.