21.   Brawling with Asians over trade issues is a time-honored way for candidates to score cheap political points.

22.   -- A more inward-looking Japan may become less yielding on trade issues.

23.   A handful of thorny trade issues divide the U.S. and Japan, threatening to keep the close defense allies at odds over economic policy.

24.   A permanent institution might address terrorism issues over the long run, as the World Trade Organization addresses trade issues.

25.   A team with great knowledge of Washington state trade issues, led by House Speaker Tom Foley, D-Wash., is on the way out.

26.   Aderholt is typical of a new breed of Republicans on trade issues.

27.   Both leaders will be unhappy if confrontation over specific trade issues dominates the meeting, analysts say.

28.   But an administration official who insisted on anonymity said there was no intention of resolving the auto trade issue in Halifax.

29.   But Bush made plain that his focus would not be the trade issues that traditionally dominate the Asian gathering.

30.   But despite the lingering political appeal of confrontation among the advanced nations, the trade issue of the future is surely the growing exports of low-wage nations.