51.   In the last month, Steinbrenner turned over trade negotiations regarding Chuck Knoblauch, the second baseman for the Minnesota Twins, to Watson.

52.   It is all a far cry from the optimistic atmosphere that surrounded the launch of a new round of multilateral trade negotiations at Doha in November.

53.   It is wrong in principle to mix what are in essence trade negotiations with antitrust concessions to favored carriers.

54.   Japanese officials said Saturday that they wanted to draw a line in the sand against numerical targets, so that they are not requested in future trade negotiations.

55.   Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama is scheduled to visit Washington in two weeks, and that might also motivate Japan to want to report progress in trade negotiations.

56.   Labor unions and their backers on Capitol Hill have vowed to fight giving the president such a free hand in trade negotiations.

57.   Lumber prices surged to their highest in a year amid speculation trade negotiations will result in a duty on lumber imports from Canada.

58.   Many Latin American governments oppose including labor and environmental rules in trade negotiations, saying they do not want other nations dictating their domestic laws.

59.   Moreover, Latin American countries have started trade negotiations with the European Union, witnesses said.

60.   Mondale oversaw many rounds of often bitter trade negotiations between the U.S. and Japan, including the auto trade talks held last year under the threat of trade sanctions.