Of greatest concern to me is the relationship of the manufacturing sector to the Asian market and the need to bring stability to that area,

Anything like that is always a concern. The manufacturing practices in the U.S. are the most sophisticated in the world. Internationally, it has had some impact. Sales go down temporarily, and then they come back.

I have yet to go to a grocery store and buy a loaf of bread, and have the clerk tell me since you're a woman, you only have to pay 75 cents and not a dollar,

The public sector certainly includes the Department of Labor. Those are jobs that are available. They are open and they are good paying jobs. The government as a whole has been actually retrenching under President Clinton's leadership.

They themselves said when they broke off talks yesterday ... that they were willing to continue the discussions. That said to me, 'There's still room here,'

If we can't begin to agree on fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of child labor, then we really are not ready to march forward into the future.