A trade consultant identified himself as the mysterious Democrat blamed by Republicans for the failure of trade talks.

Her father, who is retired, was an international trade consultant.

Some traffickers have even sought trade consultants to determine what merchandise moves most quickly across the border under Nafta regulations.

McCormack joined the United States Department of State as an international trade consultant.

After leaving office, Atiyeh became an international trade consultant.

In purely financial terms, lobbyists and trade consultants say, not many of these side deals amount to a hill of dry beans.

"Improvement will be throughout 1995," said Harald B. Malmgren, a trade consultant in Washington.

"There was no way that I made that many local calls," said Mr. Berman, an international trade consultant who lives alone in Manhattan.

The bride's mother is the president of Reed-Allin Associates, an international trade consultant in Washington.

Her father is the owner of Finkelstein Associates, international trade consultants in Washington.