31.   Some of the groups hope to pressure the trade body to change its ways, while others want to disrupt it, with the ultimate goal of destroying it.

32.   The big debate in Congress over whether to ratify the new General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is over how much sovereignty to cede to this super-national trade body.

33.   The administration contended during the case that the WTO should not intrude into tax matters covered by such agreements between nations, but the trade body rejected that argument.

34.   The head of the World Trade Organization said Friday that he was optimistic that China can enter the trade body this year.

35.   The response concerns one of three complaints the U.S. filed with the WTO, a global trade dispute settlement body, in June.

36.   The response concerns one of three complaints the U.S. filed with the World Trade Organization, a global trade dispute settlement body, in June.

37.   The U.S. filed three complaints with the trade body in June, accusing the Japanese government of colluding with Fuji to block Kodak sales in Japan.

38.   The U.S., and other western nations, want China to become a member of the global trade body, but only on commercially acceptable terms.

39.   The Union of European Railway Industries, a Brussels-based trade body, said the industry needed to contract to resist the decline in prices.

40.   The union requested that the global trade body review the modified law.