World IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : U.S. Offers to Waive Sanctions on China

The Clinton Administration has offered to cancel trade sanctions recently imposed on China for exporting components of long-range missiles to Pakistan if Beijing promises not to allow such exports in the future, Administration officials said. Under the arrangement, China would not admit that it had exported M-11 ballistic missile components to Pakistan in violation of previous promises to Washington, as the Clinton Administration charged in August. But China would promise anew, in greater detail and with more legal force, that no such missiles and related components would be exported to Pakistan or any other country in the future. Officials said Beijing is seriously considering the proposal.