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IMF Official Defends Globalization

Associated Press / Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- International Monetary Fund and Clinton administration officials on Thursday defended their efforts to promote freer trade and greater integration of the global economy, contending they offered the best hope of lifting hundreds of millions of people out of abject poverty.

U.S. Unions Rally Thousands Against China Trade Deal

Agence France Presse / Olivier Knox WASHINGTON, April 12 (AFP) - Major US unions and other foes of granting China permanent trade privileges rallied thousands of protesters at the US Congress Wednesday before deploying them to win over lawmakers.

China Trade Will Be Hot Topic for Congress"" April Recess

By PAUL SINGER WASHINGTON, April 10 (UPI) -- Members of Congress returning home for the recess that begins this weekend are likely to get an earful on trade with China, as both industry groups and labor/environmental coalitions are planning major grassroots lobbying efforts on the topic.

Clinton China-Trade Address Urged

Associated Press / Tom Raum, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House Ways and Means Committee chairman urged President Clinton on Monday to give a televised address to the nation laying out his case for extending permanent trade privileges to China.

China-Trade Backers Are Optimistic

Associated Press / Tom Raum, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite labor's plans to protest one of President Clinton's top economic objectives this week, supporters of permanent trade privileges for China increasingly sense they will prevail.

U.S.: No China Trade Deal Strings

By TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Clinton administration, insisting that permanent trade benefits for China must be unconditional, told Congress today that it will oppose any effort to attach strings to the process.

China Urges Low Tariffs to U.S.

BEIJING (AP) - President Jiang Zemin, meeting with U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley, called on Congress on Thursday to give China permanent low-tariff access to U.S. markets.

Silicon Valley Calls for U.S. Permanent Trade Status with Beijing

Agence France Presse / Philippe Debeusscher SAN JOSE, California, April 3 (AFP) - Two hundred CEOs from Silicon Valley's leading technology companies support permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) with China, US President Bill Clinton announced Monday.

Clinton Appeals Personally to U.S. Lawmakers on China Trade Deal

Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, April 4 (AFP) - In the countdown to an historic vote on Beijing's US trade status, President Bill Clinton made a personal pitch to undecided lawmakers Tuesday to convince them America has the most to gain from opening China's markets.

World Labor Says Must Fight Woes of Globalization

By Ellis Mnyandu DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - The world labor union movement said on Monday it would muster all its strength to fight the social and economic fallout of globalization, which was widening the gap between rich and poor nations.