	renewal of u s ussr  pact said uncertain prospects for renewal of the five year u s ussr s agreement are uncertain at this point a soviet trade official told reuters the current trade imbalance between the united states and the soviet union high u s commodity prices and increased world  production make a renewal of the supply agreement next year less certain albert melnikov deputy trade representative of the soviet union said in an interview the current agreement expires on sept melnikov said that world  markets are different than when the first agreement was signed in statements from both u s and soviet officials have indicate that a long term s agreement might not be as attractive for both sides as it once was we have had one agreement we have had a second agreement but with the second agreement we ve had difficulties with prices melnikov said i cannot give you any forecasts in response to the future about the agreement i do not want to speculate on what will happen after sept he said melnikov noted that he has seen no indications from soviet government officials that they would be pushing for a renewal of the agreement the situation is different in comparison to three five or ten years ago we can produce more he said reuter 
