71.   But now, instead of being trading partners, they have a growing rivalry as they compete for the same free agents, Robin Ventura and B.J. Surhoff.

72.   But Japan, a major Peruvian trading partner, has encouraged Fujimori to end the crisis quickly through active negotiations and without force.

73.   But tensions with large trading partners like Japan could be revived.

74.   But some China experts predict the otherwise troublesome U.S. trading partner will relent.

75.   But the Clinton administration boasted of export success and attributed the swelling deficit to the fact that trading partners, especially Japan, are growing so slowly.

76.   But the easy tone could not conceal the magnitude of the problem that Japan and its trading partners face.

77.   But there are other reasons why the state, which is the largest trading partner with the Caribbean, stands to gain from the trade bill.

78.   But there is danger that the regional problem will overrun Hong Kong and Japan, a major U.S. trading partner.

79.   But this week the administration agreed to move up the date after coming under strong criticism from other trading partners in Europe and Asia.

80.   But Washington cannot now press American trading partners to open up their markets without an American willingness to open its own.