31.   The United States trade office took the first steps Wednesday toward a trade conflict.

32.   The U.S. trade office has until July to settle the dispute or impose sanctions on Japan.

33.   When Arizona moved its trade office here last August, it joined Kentucky, Missouri and Colorado, as well as San Antonio.

34.   Whether or not diplomatic ties are established, the Commerce Department will open a commercial trade office in Vietnam this fall.

35.   After a four-day stay in Costa Rica, Rossello will go to Chile to inaugurate a Puerto Rican trade office.

36.   Al-Dossari had denied plotting to bomb the Israeli trade office.

37.   Also Saturday, the state-run Korea Trade Promotion Corp. instructed its trade offices overseas to warn South Korean businessmen against North Korean sabotage and kidnap attempts.

38.   An organization of Caribbean nations is expected to decide in two weeks whether to defy U.S. pressure and open a trade office in Cuba, an official said Saturday.

39.   An organization of Caribbean nations is expected to decide in two weeks whether to defy U.S. pressure and open a trade office in Cuba, an official said.

40.   An official in Oman said Egypt was mirroring its decision to close a trade office in Israel.