1.   Both countries have a stake in using the World Trade Organization and in not allowing trade disputes to poison bilateral relations.

2.   For example, trade disputes are settled by three bureaucrats who meet in secret.

3.   Since the crew of the ship were not directly involved, the owners argued that there was no trade dispute.

4.   The Court of Appeal had held that there was no trade dispute and so no protection for the trade union officials.

5.   The first would demonstrably be a political strike and the second would hardly be a trade dispute.

6.   Many trade disputes are pending, awaiting the outcome of the talks.

7.   Also attending the gathering is U.S. Ambassador to Japan Walter Mondale, who criticized the lack of progress in trade disputes with Japan.

8.   Also, Dole says fellow Kansans are worried about the World Trade Organization, which the Marrakesh accord establishes to adjudicate trade disputes.

9.   Although some specific trade disputes persist between Washington and Tokyo, the antagonism that characterized their relations in recent years is fast waning.

10.   And these changes will prove a far bigger headache for Fuji than its noisy trade dispute with Kodak.