101.   Both sides decided in December to resume auto talks in January.

102.   Brokers said domestic institutional investors would stay out of the market unless they saw tangible progress in Japan-US auto talks that began here Monday.

103.   But auto trade talks broke up without any prospects for resumption.

104.   But the continuing Japan-US auto talks were also high on the agenda.

105.   During this period, he came to be known as a tough negotiator in auto trade talks with then US trade representative Mickey Kantor.

106.   The protest came as the US and South Korea ended two days of auto talks in Washington.

107.   The step followed the breakdown of auto trade talks between Hashimoto and US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor earlier this month.

108.   The two countries failed to reach agreement in auto trade talks held in Washington in early October.

109.   The two countries ended working-level auto trade talks in Tokyo on Thursday with no agreement.

110.   The two sides had announced last week that they were going to resume auto talks this month after a three-month hiatus.