31.  American companies face a trade-off.

32.  American companies have a lot at stake in the outcome of the negotiations.

33.  American companies have also joined the fray.

34.  American companies have made major gains against foreign competitors in recent years, lowering costs and boosting productivity.

35.  American companies have much at stake in expanding trade into the fast-growing economies of Latin America.

36.  American companies have not been immune from the price-fixing scandals.

37.  American companies have proven superior to their European counterparts at meeting varying local demands.

38.  American companies intent on preventing rivals from merging are increasingly complaining to European regulators in preference to more permissive officials in the United States.

39.  American companies may end up with surprisingly easy ability to sell products ranging from fertilizer to cigarettes in Cuba.

40.  American companies may not sell reactors to China until the president informs Congress that Beijing is neither directly nor indirectly helping non-nuclear countries develop nuclear weapons.