31.   A DAMAGING tit-for-tat world trade war loomed today with trade supremo Michael Heseltine warning of serious consequences.

32.   The informal meeting, in Hertfordshire, has now become crucial as the prospect of a trade war heightens.

33.   Along with cultural war, Buchanan is now talking trade war.

34.   America and Japan have stepped back from the brink of previous trade wars.

35.   American and British officials are locked in a dispute over a trade war between the United States and the European Union over bananas.

36.   Analysts said that the market had largely ignored the idea of a trade war, but with the clock winding down that might have to be factored into prices.

37.   And another presidential aspirant, Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, while welcoming the avoidance of a trade war, said the deal would accomplish little.

38.   And not surprisingly, stories of trade wars and political fights dominate print headlines and network news.

39.   And in the West, too, divisions, conflicts and trade wars have broken out with a vengeance.

40.   And that has raised concerns that the law could provoke a trade war.