Assistant Secretary Posner said the State Department expects to issue,by year's end, a new list of countries of particular concern on religious freedom, which would be subject to possible U.S.sanctions.

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Last month business leaders complained that Republicans were forsaking their interests to pander to the religious right: the party's leaders were caving in to religious demands for sanctions on countries that persecute Christians, so jeopardising access to big markets such as China.

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The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommended such sanctions for the second time in 10 months in a report on Sudan issued in March.

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