1.   The UN threatened to invoke economic sanctions if the talks were broken off.

2.   British officials said that they would not invoke sanctions against India because of their historical ties to that nation.

3.   But in others they push their home country, generally the United States, to invoke trade sanctions.

4.   China may also anticipate the day when its exports bump against protectionist forces abroad and it will wish to invoke international sanctions from inside the WTO.

5.   His enthusiasm for invoking the sanctions is doubtful.

6.   The punishment could range from sending a private diplomatic note to invoking economic sanctions.

7.   They all passed laws allowing their companies to counter-retaliate if Washington sought to invoke the sanctions.

8.   While the World Trade Organization could not order a change in federal or state laws, it could authorize other countries to invoke sanctions against American products.

9.   A bill giving President Bill Clinton the right to invoke sanctions if Suu Kyi is harmed, harassed or rearrested has already passed congress.

10.   Keating did not specify what further sanctions might be invoked.