21. Long said China recognizes the importance of the information technology agreement, or ITA, which aims to eliminate tariffs on such items as computers and communications equipment. 22. Other countries will be encouraged to join the accord when they promise to eliminate all tariffs on the import of foreign chips. 23. Second, the measure would eliminate tariffs on a variety of items including clothes and watches, meaning the prices for those items in U.S. stores should go down. 24. Shortly after the complaint was filed in late June, Mexico retaliated by suspending plans to eliminate a tariff on natural gas imported from the United States. 25. Such free-trade zones reduce or eliminate tariffs among member countries, giving them a big competitive advantage over nations outside the bloc. 26. The agreement will grow in value, however, if other countries including Japan reduce or eliminate liquor tariffs, distillers say. 27. The European Union and the U.S. agreed to sign a global technology pact that will boost profits for computer and telecommunications companies worldwide by eliminating import tariffs. 28. The European Union and the U.S. agreed to eliminate tariffs on brown and white liquors over the next five years, EU Trade Commissioner Leon Brittan said. 29. The government wants to eliminate those tariffs for a limited time. 30. The passion she shows for banning land mines or labeling Saddam Hussein a war criminal deserts her in debates on stealing intellectual property or eliminating tariffs on flat glass. |