1.   Sovereignty questions only arises where a decision-making body which is external to a country can either override legislation, administrative practices or judicial orders.

2.   Bouchard said he wants to tackle economic issues before raising the sovereignty question again, probably within two years.

3.   But Foreign Ministry officials say the sovereignty question may be hard to avoid given the sensitivity over the uninhabited islands, claimed by Japan, Taiwan and China.

4.   It promises to place Taiwanese fishing interests above the sovereignty question and reject any joining forces with China over the issue.

5.   It promised to place Taiwanese fishing interests above the sovereignty question and reject any joining forces with China over the issue.

6.   Taiwan maintains that the sides should avoid sovereignty questions in favor of agreements on resolving fishing disputes and other substantive issues discussed in previous rounds.

7.   Incoming Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole has raised a series of objections about the GATT bill, including the sovereignty question regarding the WTO.

8.   A majority of those polled in the majority-French speaking province, meanwhile, are against a quick return to the sovereignty question.

9.   Barbados and Jamaica are balking at signing controversial anti-drug cooperation agreements with the United States that have raised sovereignty questions in the Caribbean.

10.   London and Buenos Aires are negotiating a broad agreement on fishing rights, but talks have been stalled over sovereignty questions, particularly over the Falklands.