11.  Another troubling trend is the widening trade gap between the U.S. and Asian nations other than Japan and China, Kantor said.

12.  Any such body should include the United States, Canada and Australia along with key Asian nations.

13.  As for the other Asian nations, they can really only be bystanders.

14.  Asian nations appear likely to export their way out of recession by flooding the U.S. with more goods.

15.  Asian nations are seeking stronger ties with one another.

16.  Asian nations, immersed in their own economic crises, can no longer afford to buy as much food as they did before from the United States.

17.  Asian nations in particular were strong in opposing what they said were threats to national sovereignty and argued that human rights were not universal in definition.

18.  Asian nations will also be able to sell more goods in the United States, because Asian currencies have been devalued and Asian goods are now less expensive.

19.  Asian nations will come under renewed pressure to open their markets for financial services when trade and foreign ministers and heads of states meet from tomorrow in Vancouver.

20.  Asian financial disruption is to dominate the agenda, but Clinton, Daley and other officials are also to discuss trade issues with Japan and other Asian nations.