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To: k.ramesh who wrote (1259)	6/2/1998 12:04:00 PM
From: peter michaelson	Respond to of 12475

Ramesh: News you can use re Closed End Funds: If you are a WSJ Interactive subscriber - interactive4.wsj.com Or icefi.com, but no data unless subscriber. I'd be happy to post weekly, but the information is available in the New York Times and Barrons weekly. Pakistan Fund - (PKF) Yesterday's Close Net Asset Value = $3.41 Price Close Yesterday = 3.0625 Discount = 10%. See - the market values Pakistan more highly than India <gg> If you like a really good (not) deal, you can buy Indonesia Fund (sort of sounds like India) at more than double the value of the stocks held in the portfolio. Better than Berkshire Hathaway, anyway (3x portfolio value). My principal activity is arbitraging between similar CEF's or using ADR's as a hedge. I've been tracking many of the country funds on a daily basis for over a year in an Excel spreadsheet, so if anyone wants more information just ask. Peter

To: k.ramesh who wrote (1259)	6/2/1998 4:49:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 12475

On 'constructive engagement and sermon on the hill'.What a guy!!!! Ramesh and all: This is great or what???? I guess money does talk uh? Now comes the pontification in the UN security council about non proliferation and the 'holier than thou' speech. Stay tuned...... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Clinton Expected To Renew China's Trade Status By Wolf Blitzer/CNN HOUSTON (June 2) -- Facing an imminent deadline, President Bill Clinton is expected to announce Wednesday morning that he will renew China's most-favored-nation (MFN) trade status for another year. White House Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart told reporters aboard the Air Force One flight to Houston Tuesday that Clinton may make the announcement following his morning meeting Wednesday with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Clinton and Albright are scheduled to discuss nuclear tensions between India and Pakistan before Albright leaves for a meeting of the foreign ministers of the five UN Security Council permanent members in Geneva. Clinton will then leave for Cleveland. White House officials say Clinton has already decided to renew MFN for China despite widespread criticism on Capitol Hill of China's human rights record. Officials say the president will make the case that the best way to improve the human rights situation in China is to continue a policy of "constructive engagement." Most-favored-nation trade status allows foreign goods to be sold in the U.S. with normal tariffs. The 1974 Jackson-Vanik amendment governing relations with communist powers requires presidents to provide annual trade waivers for China. MFN status is enjoyed by most nations and was first granted to China in 1979. Congress can block MFN by passing resolutions of disapproval in both the Senate and House. But the president can veto any such legislation, so Congress will need a two-thirds majority in both houses to override any veto. Clinton is scheduled to visit China at the end of June. Travel plans include a controversial arrival ceremony at Tiananmen Square, the scene of the 1989 student uprising. The trip also comes amid allegations that China illegally funneled millions of dollars into the Democratic party, and that the Clinton administration improperly approved waivers allowing U.S. satellites to be launched from Chinese missiles.