1.   But should the foreign ministry continue to be in charge of international trade matters?

2.   These rules stipulated that negotiations on trade matters could only be initiated by principal suppliers.

3.   A softer touch, the thinking goes, will be more persuasive in getting Tokyo to play ball in trade matters.

4.   A range of economic and trade matters affecting the United States and Canada will also be on the table.

5.   But Congress has endowed the office with statutory authority over trade matters and treats the trade representative as the most senior trade official other than the president.

6.   But few people who follow trade matters expect an all-out trade war.

7.   Does Brazil act unilaterally in trade matters?

8.   I think that in trade matters we have to be pragmatic.

9.   If any good comes from the dispute, the diplomat said, it is in awakening the Indian public to international trade matters.

10.   In international trade matters at least, Washington has laced up its boxing gloves.