81.   But these countries are rivals as well as trading partners of Japan.

82.   But they ask how the new rules will be interpreted when future issues arise, and a government proposes measures disliked by a trading partner.

83.   But within a matter of weeks, the company found itself in bankruptcy, under investigation and the target of lawsuits from burned investors and former trading partners.

84.   But, as a major trading partner, it seems much closer, with all the sea and air traffic and the many Japanese businessmen so visible here.

85.   By becoming a permanent trading partner, China would be guaranteed the same low-tariff access to American markets that nearly every other country enjoys now.

86.   By imposing sanctions now, even at the risk of a backlash among trading partners, President Bill Clinton is addressing domestic political concerns about the deficit.

87.   But within weeks, the company found itself in bankruptcy, under investigation and the target of lawsuits from burned investors and former trading partners.

88.   California has fashioned itself as a big trading partner of Pacific Rim nations.

89.   Canada is far and away the largest trading partner of the United States.

90.   Canadian companies are major trading partners with Cuba.