1.   A new trade agreement is imminent.

2.   France has just signed a new trade deal with Japan.

3.   Running counter to mainstream Republican thinking, he is calling for tariffs and new trade barriers to protect jobs.

4.   The new trade figures have just been released.

5.   ...negotiations on a new international trade agreement.

6.   A network of European car manufacturers have established a new trade association which will place particular emphasis on the need to green the car.

7.   Among other key Cabinet posts, Hashimoto appointed former Labor Minister Mitsuo Horiuchi as new trade minister, and veteran LDP politician Kanezo Muraoka as chief Cabinet secretary.

8.   An isolated Mexico, of course, would have no choice but to forge new trade alliances with other industrial nations.

9.   And new trade accords could draw in new foreign investment.

10.   And the new trade agreement might be the excuse they need to switch from their Japanese keiretsu suppliers.