51.   Both Chirac and Vedrine, for example, both charitably refrained from describing the collapse of the trade talks in Seattle early this month as an American failure.

52.   Both Tkachuk and Roenick said that all the trade talk had become a major distraction.

53.   Brazil had halted all trade talks with Argentina earlier this week after its largest neighbor said it was considering increases in numerous tariffs.

54.   - Indiana Pacers President Donnie Walsh adamantly denied that he has engaged in trade talks with the Suns regarding a deal for Charles Barkley.

55.   ----- The most sought Red Sox farmhands in trade talks at the league meetings were third baseman Wilton Veras, first baseman Dernell Stenson, and catcher Steve Lomasney.

56.   A breakthrough in trade talks with the United States would help, say investors, but would not be a miracle cure.

57.   A new round of global trade talks is being held in Seattle in November.

58.   A player may be able to use the new privacy restrictions to exercise extraordinary control over trade talks.

59.   A Japanese news service reported that the Japanese government was considering concessions in the trade talks.

60.   A second day of auto trade talks between the U.S. and Japan came to a close with both sides acknowledging that a breakthrough in bitter dispute remained elusive.