41. The objective is to lower tariffs and spur free trade. 42. The Peruvian government actually lowered import tariffs in April. 43. The pact expands the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT, to cover farming, and lowers most tariffs by an average of one-third. 44. The pact would expand the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to include farming and lower most tariffs by an average of one-third. 45. The power plants sell to state-owned utilities, and Indonesia is expected to try to lower the tariff it pays for electricity. 46. The six Asean nations -- Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand -- recently accelerated plans to lower tariffs among themselves. 47. This new GATT accord lowers tariffs and expands free trade around the world. 48. Those are smuggled from mainland China by the truckload and exported from Hong Kong so that they will be subject to lower tariffs. 49. With the strong encouragement of the fund, the Yeltsin government has restricted the money supply, lowered tariffs and carried out free-market reforms. 50. Other aid possibilities range from lowering tariffs for goods from Southeast Asia to guaranteeing debts for businesses and financial institutions in stricken Asian countries. |