81.   Both sides are trying to remove barriers to stronger trade ties.

82.   Brittan returned last Sunday from a week in China to promote trade ties and defend EU business interests there.

83.   Both Qatar and Oman have limited trade ties with Israel, although both have warned that the stalled peace process has jeopardized those ties.

84.   Both sides stepped up a lobbying blitz on the eve of House debate over whether to liberalize trade ties with China.

85.   Brown was leading a delegation of business and government officials sent to Bosnia to build support for trade ties and economic assistance.

86.   But Beijing also has been nurturing its budding diplomatic and trade ties with the South.

87.   Britain and South Korea boast strong trade ties.

88.   Brittan returned last Sunday from a week-long visit to China to promote trade ties and defend EU business interests there.

89.   Burma, like China, has trade ties with the United States, he said.

90.   But Clinton last spring removed his demand that China make significant progress on human rights in exchange for continued favorable trade ties known as most-favored nation status.