1.   The Philippines requested debt condonation from the USA, similar to that granted to Egypt, and trade concessions like those enjoyed by China and Caribbean countries.

2.   An intimation of trade concessions, contracts for British firms.

3.   But many officials say they have a feeling that a major confrontation is in the offing because Japan has drawn the line on trade concessions in the auto area.

4.   China may now be trying to use the bombing incident to squeeze more trade concessions from Washington.

5.   China has demanded that status as a condition for wide-ranging trade concessions it has promised if it is allowed to join the World Trade Organization.

6.   It will give some more aid and maybe offer some modest trade concessions.

7.   Or they could make some other trade concession to the countries affected by the law.

8.   Prime Minister Zhu Rongji of China offered far-reaching trade concessions on his trip to the United States in the spring.

9.   Similar attacks on U.S. trade policy toward Japan earlier in the administration weakened American efforts to win trade concessions from Japan, U.S. officials have said.

10.   The ban may just be a temporary bargaining chip which the Chinese hope to play to wring out U.S. trade concessions.