11.   Many trade diplomats say privately that it would be better for the WTO, set up in January, to cut its teeth on less politically-charged disputes.

12.   Many trade diplomats have complained privately that the dispute is blocking the WTO from doing anything else.

13.   Members of the World Trade Organization on Monday approved U.S. sanctions against the European Union in a long-running banana import dispute, trade diplomats said.

14.   Members of the World Trade Organization on Monday approved U.S. sanctions against the European Union in the long-running banana import dispute, trade diplomats said.

15.   The United States and other Latin American countries were due to host an evening reception for Salinas to allow him to meet trade diplomats informally.

16.   There was widespread uncertainty about existing Russian laws and proposed reforms, trade diplomats said.

17.   The World Trade Organization approved U.S. sanctions against the European Union on Monday in a dispute over banana imports, trade diplomats said.

18.   The World Trade Organization on Monday appointed Peruvian trade diplomat Jorge Voto-Bernales to head negotiations aimed at opening agriculture markets, ending months of deadlock.

19.   Trade diplomats declined to comment immediately.

20.   Trade diplomats Wednesday accused Japan of dragging its heels over measures to open its market to foreign imports.