11.   The idea is called Mercotur, a takeoff on Mercosur, the regional trade zone.

12.   The idea for the trade zone came from China, acting to alleviate resentment in the region over its new membership in the World Trade Organization.

13.   The trade zone, a huge complex of maquiladora sweatshops, is surrounded by cinder-block walls and barbed wire and is patrolled by armed guards.

14.   Venezuela currently has two duty free zones, one industrial zone, and the other a trade zone.

15.   Venezuela and Colombia are members of the Andean Pactfree trade zone.

16.   Others fear the hemispheric trade zone could lead foster a U.S. imperialism.

17.   Others fear the hemispheric trade zone could lead to U.S. imperialism.

18.   Palestinian, Israeli and Jordanian researchers on Monday proposed creating a single trade zone among the three economies that could become the nucleus for a Mideast common market.

19.   A trans-Atlantic trade zone could be a channel to emerging markets in Eastern and Central Europe, and to Latin America, as well.

20.   A trans-Atlantic trade zone could be a channel to emerging markets in Eastern and Central Europe, the Middle East and Latin America.