1.   For the first time, an American administration was unified in its willingness to use the blunt and ugly weapon of punitive trade sanctions to achieve its goal.

2.   In the past three years, the two countries came close to imposing punitive trade sanctions against each other at least three times.

3.   The U.S. could also occasionally use the threat of punitive trade sanctions as leverage, analysts said.

4.   These nations say such standards would undermine their ability to compete and would leave them open to punitive trade sanctions levied by the United States and other rich countries.

5.   -- EU states to continue to open markets to the East and consult their neighbors before imposing punitive trade measures.

6.   For its part, the EU will continue to open markets to the East and consult its neighbors before imposing punitive trade measures.

7.   For its part, the EU will continue to open markets to the East and consult their neighbors before imposing punitive trade measures.

8.   For their part, the EU states will continue to open markets to the East and consult their neighbors before imposing punitive trade measures.

9.   For their part, the EU states will commit themselves to increasingly open their markets to the east and consult their neighbors before imposing punitive trade measures.

10.   For its part, the EU promised to continue to open markets to the East and consult its eastern neighbors before imposing punitive trade measures.