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To: MeDroogies who wrote (496)	7/14/1998 8:41:00 AM
From: Henry Volquardsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13060

From our government in action file BABIES' IN CHINA 7/10/98 13:40 To: National Desk, Political Writer Contact: Mike Collins of the Republican National Committee, 202-863-8550 WASHINGTON, July 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Jim Nicholson today called for an apology from U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky, whose cache of 40 black market ''Beanie Babies'' was seized by US Customs officials as she returned from China as a member of the president's official delegation. ''Instead of trying to reduce our $50 billion trade deficit with China, our trade representative was scouring the street markets of Beijing grabbing up every illegal, black market 'Beanie Baby' she could get her hands on,'' said Nicholson. ''What kind of signal does that send about this administration's seriousness in combating smuggling and foreign violations of American copyrights? What kind of model does she set for others travelling abroad?'' ''Beanie Babies'' are made by the Illinois-based Ty Company, which strictly forbids the sale of the toys in China. Ty's lawyer, James White, has likened buying illegal black market Chinese Beanie Babies to ''buying a stolen car.'' When reports first surfaced in The Washington Post's ''Reliable Source'' column that Barshefsky had bought 40 illegal ''Beanie Babies'' in China, she denied that she had done so to The Post's John Harris. ''This is just one more example of a Clinton administration official who thinks she's above the law, who thinks it's OK to lie to the press and public,'' Nicholson said. ''In America no one ought to be above the law and American officials -- especially -- should tell the truth to the citizens who pay their salaries. An apology is called for -- at the very least.'' -0- /U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/ AP-NY-07-10-98 1340EDT