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	Normalizing Trade Relations With Vietnam A Vietnamese cyclist rides past a giant billboard advertising the American computer company Compaq along a highway on the outskirts of Hanoi on Sept. 3. The U.S.-Vietnamese relations moved to a new level last week with Senate approval of an agreement normalizing trade between the two former enemies. Photo by Associated Press. By Associated Press Congress completed work on an agreement normalizing trade between the United States and Vietnam, and President Bush is expected to sign the measure. The Senate’s 88-12 vote on Oct. 3 “represents an important step in the healing process” between the two former enemies, said the Senate Finance Committee chairman, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., “a step that has been a long time in coming.” FULL STORY...		APIAs Respond to the War on Terrorism (in National News) Korean American Senior Survey Finds New Needs (in Bay Area News) Normalizing Trade Relations With Vietnam (in Business) Apocalypse Right Now (in A&E) Afghan Opposition Made of Bitter Rivals (in Opinion)

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Low Trade Count By Danny Pollock/AP The U.S. Senate may have moved to normalize trade relations between America and Vietnam, but lingering hostility and the current state of trade with the Asian nation may block any windfalls for California firms looking to cash in on the agreement.

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