91.   The EU-Russian trade deal in an interim accord designed to get started on lowering tariffs and eliminating trade restrictions.

92.   The government is considering lowering the tariffs out of fear that high rates may strangle demand and innovation in the monopoly-controlled telecommunications sector, Xinhua said.

93.   The government plans to lower import tariffs, subsidize some agricultural products and reduce interest rates.

94.   The plan calls for China to open its markets wider, lower tariffs and reduce non-tariff barriers to foreign trade.

95.   The pledges ranged from deregulating industries and lowering tariffs to trimming the red tape that bedevils regional trade.

96.   The United States and Vietnam are still in the early stages of negotiating a trade agreement to lower tariffs and extend investment protection.

97.   This included lowering tariffs in the industrial sector, cutting red tape and providing tax incentives and facilities for promising export companies, Tunky said.

98.   Two possible solutions include the United States excluding Japan from steel tariffs, or the United States lowering tariffs on other Japanese goods.

99.   U.S. textile manufacturers have argued against lowering tariffs, saying it would jeopardize American jobs.

100.   Washington also wants Seoul to lower its tariff on imported beef, increase its quota for U.S. beef and allow all domestic meat shops to sell foreign beef.