11.   The agreement drops many current restrictions on trade and investment and reduces import taxes.

12.   The capital gains tax comes as other taxes, like import taxes on items like computers as well as purchase taxes on housing, have been lowered.

13.   The bill includes a provision to eliminate steep import taxes on canned tuna from Andean nations while keeping taxes in place for other countries, like the Philippines.

14.   The components are exempt from the import tax and the Industrialized Product Tax assessed in Brazil because the components are installed in cars ultimately destined for export.

15.   The company is trying to adjust the finances of the venture, particularly in light of the extra import taxes to be levied.

16.   The Europeans are infuriated by the U.S. retaliatory import tax on goods such as Roquefort cheese and foie gras.

17.   The import tax was just the first of many special favors.

18.   The import tax is now being challenged at the World Trade Organization by shippers who claim it is inequitable, since exporters have been exempted.

19.   The rules are aimed at keeping Mexicans from obtaining vehicles driven in from the United States without paying steep import taxes and registration fees to the Mexican government.

20.   The product, which was then distributed by groups controlled by the Russian mob, thus evaded millions of dollars in import taxes and tariffs.