1.   Argentina wants to work jointly toward expanding the Mercosur trade pact with its fellow South American countries alongside talks for a Western Hemisphere trade zone, Cavallo said.

2.   Argentine stocks surged for a second day after Brazil extended a partial exemption on trade restrictions for Argentina and other members of the Mercosur trade zone.

3.   As a result, government officials are flexible and fast when Dell needs things such as new roads or foreign trade zones, he said.

4.   Canada has long voiced its eagerness to join the fast-growing trade zone.

5.   For Mercosur, the agreements with Chile and Bolivia are steps to a greater plan for a region-wide trade zone.

6.   Fox stunned Washington last August when he announced an ambitious plan to model the NAFTA trade zone after the European Union.

7.   GM is likely to increase those investments as the company eyes continued growth in the Mercosur trade zone, he said.

8.   In fact, a Hong Kong developer has built a luxury hotel and casino in a trade zone near the Chinese border.

9.   Separately, a person familiar with workings at the yard said Fore River expects to be designated a foreign trade zone by the US Department of Commerce.

10.   Such a trade zone would lower or eliminate tariffs and other trade barriers that would create jobs for Russians and Americans, he said.