If the political will to continue moving forward fails, we can 【anticipate】 more strains in the marriage contract that ultimately would strike at what we* ve accomplished.

Korea, once known as the “Hermit Kingdom”，is plainly 【on the move】.

But countertrade is not the exclusive province of 【debtor】 nations.

There were no 【breakthroughs】 in the Uruguay Round of GATT negotiations on key elements.

The world's second largest economy, Japan, has been 【languishing】 for nearly a decade, after the boom of the early 1980s collapsed.

One key commodity, sugar, has 【rebounded】 impressively from the lows of last year.

Speculators deserted the soft commodities for the big yields afforded by the 【equity】 and money markets.

Victims of the world’ s largest industrial accident got $470 million 【compensation】.

It must compete 【toe-to-toe】 with the United States, Western Europe and Japan.

Exports of Japanese machinery 【withstood】 the downturn quite well because the Asian economies that buy them continued to boom.