1.   The rich world keeps the South wedded to commodity production by putting up tariff barriers to manufactured goods.

2.   And business leaders began arguing that lower tariff barriers were not their top priority.

3.   Brazil encouraged multinational companies to set up manufacturing operations behind similar tariff barriers.

4.   All but the wealthiest Brazilians saw their real incomes decline steadily while high tariff barriers and anemic foreign investment undercut the competitiveness of Brazilian industry.

5.   All exchange controls, tariff barriers and food subsidies have been dropped in the shock-treatment switch-over to rampant capitalism.

6.   But Daewoo was stymied by tariff barriers in the West and disappointing economic growth in the East, and it had no clear plan for recouping its huge investment.

7.   But Mexican officials complain that the European Union maintains higher tariff barriers on Mexican imports.

8.   But regional trade agreements may simply divert trade away from efficient producing countries to those that merely happen to enjoy lower tariff barriers.

9.   China immediately struck back by publishing its own list of American products that would face the same tariff barrier if the U.S. puts its sanctions into effect.

10.   Hattori blamed the drop in imports to tougher licencing controls, curbs on government spending and the high tariff barriers against imports.