71.  Exports, the lifeblood of so many Asian nations, are slowing.

72.  Finally, there is President Clinton, who has threatened to veto the measure even as he lectures Japan and other Asian nations on modernizing their financial systems.

73.  For example, last December the IMF requested new contributions because of its loans to slumping Asian nations and Russia.

74.  For every European and Asian nation, the war was a disaster without parallel in history.

75.  For South Korean companies, however, the absence of a language barrier compensates for any difference in wages between North Korea and other Asian nations.

76.  Germany, Canada and many Asian nations have boosted borrowing costs in recent months.

77.  Gingrich also said that having U.S. companies trading with China helped to promote democracy in the Asian nation.

78.  Grain futures fell amid concern that financially strapped Asian nations will import fewer U.S. agricultural products.

79.  He also insisted that Asian nations needed to buy more U.S. exports.

80.  He noted that Asian nations could not buy U.S. airplanes if their economies were in crisis.