1.   Brittan said he feared the surly trade brawl could undermine the authority of the WTO.

2.   Guilford said Hashimoto urged Brittan to step up its support for Tokyo in the trade brawl.

3.   While leaders have pledged to keep the U.S.-Japan auto trade brawl off their formal agenda, it is likely to a keen topic in their informal conversations.

4.   U.S. insistence on tighter enforcement of international protection laws nearly led to a damaging trade brawl last March with China, the third-largest U.S. trading partner.