31.   He made an international name for himself with a tough stance at auto talks with the United States in June.

32.   High-level U.S.-Japanese auto talks will be held next week in Geneva, Japanese Trade Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto announced Wednesday.

33.   If U.S.-Japan auto talks fail this week and Washington goes ahead with threatened sanctions, Japanese consumers may soon begin missing American farm products.

34.   In other areas, analysts say the pact contains little that was not already agreed to in February when the auto talks broke down.

35.   It is too simplistic to say that an agreement in the U.S.- Japan auto talks will cause a resurgence in the dollar, he said.

36.   Japan was also unhappy over recent reports that the CIA eavesdropped on its negotiators at a round of auto talks earlier this year.

37.   Japanese officials said they are approaching the auto talks with an open mind but gave no indication they are about to relent in the developing trade battle.

38.   Kantor, the U.S. trade representative, led the American side in bitter auto trade talks with Japan earlier this year.

39.   Meantime, movement on the currency market was slow ahead of the auto trade talks in Geneva, dealers said.

40.   Meanwhile, the dollar was moving in a narrow range as players are watching U.S.-Japan auto talks, which resumed in Tokyo on Monday.