41.   As part of its bailout package, South Korea agreed to drop certain trade barriers.

42.   Assistant Treasury Secretary Jeffrey Shafer urged Korea to begin the removal of remaining trade barriers, particularly in the area of financial services.

43.   As the trade imbalance figures get bigger, isolationists will become more determined to erect trade barriers around this country.

44.   At the gathering, called the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, discussions of how to lower trade barriers or rein in global capital flows were scarcely heard Tuesday.

45.   At the same time, U.S.-led efforts to knock down trade barriers and knit a global economy are bearing fruit.

46.   At the summit, Bush said, he will press for reduction of trade barriers that will help the ailing U.S. economy.

47.   At the same time, many nations fear that lower trade barriers will help China accelerate an already spirited export drive.

48.   Attempts to break down foreign trade barriers are generally driven by the idea that prying open new markets creates jobs and profits.

49.   Because South Africa has signed the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT, its trade barriers are to fall over the next five years.

50.   Barshefsky said the U.S. hopes broad agreement can be reached within APEC to lower tariffs and trade barriers for information technology, wood products, oilseeds and non-ferrous metals.