31.   Malaysia often speaks for poorer countries that depend on tariff barriers to protect their industries from powerful exporters like the United States and Japan.

32.   Lowe said talks on tariff barriers in the textile industry would be particularly sensitive.

33.   Officials of some European countries had sought to postpone the talks on the grounds that lowering tariff barriers on Mexican goods could hurt European agriculture.

34.   The company earlier established plants in various countries such as Malaysia and the Philippines because of tariff barriers between Asean countries.

35.   The agreements deal with with fair competition, consumer rights, tariff barriers, educational and cultural integration as well as air transport in the region.

36.   The countries also face increasing competition for their rum exports, as the United States and Europe move to abolish tariff barriers on white spirits.

37.   The EU-Mexico accord would contain clauses on political behavior, provide conduits for economic aid to Mexico and lower tariff barriers.

38.   The two days of meetings which began Tuesday are focusing on non tariff barriers to trade, agriculture and the Russian regime.

39.   They include comprehensive measures to lower tariff barriers for goods and concessions on the services industry.

40.   While U.S.-South Korea trade ties have improved in recent years, Seoul still fears economic retaliation over its copyright violations and tariff barriers.