11.   In one case, a WTO appeals panel argued that the United States was unfairly blocking gasoline imports from Venezuela and Brazil.

12.   In recent days the State Department has threatened to block Japanese imports under an American law authorizing penalties against any nation that violates a marine conservation treaty.

13.   Indeed, it may have been an expectation that the president would seek to block imports that led to the sharp rise in applications for permits.

14.   Indeed, the panel proved the point by rejecting one provision of CAFE that separately treated foreign-built cars in order to block imports.

15.   Indeed, it includes language that protects U.S. environmental and safety laws that are based on scientific principles and are not deliberately aimed at blocking imports.

16.   It has blocked imports of some humanitarian supplies, and delayed by weeks the entry visas for additional staff members that international agencies say they need.

17.   It may have been the expectation that the president would try to block imports that led to the spike in applications for permits.

18.   Mack would not only block PLA imports, but also close down U.S. branches of PLA firms and forbid the sales of PLA bonds in U.S. bond markets.

19.   Meanwhile, the commission said today it will ask the German government to overrule a decision by three German regional governments to block imports of British beef.

20.   Representatives of the U.S. meat exporters and the pork, beef, and poultry industry are backing the U.S. decision to block EU imports.