1.   And he said foreign producers must live up to promises to increase supplies.

2.   As foreign producers try to vanquish oil reserves, plummeting crude-oil prices have fallen to the lowest levels ever recorded, when adjusted for inflation.

3.   A stronger dollar has reduced the prices of imported goods, just when foreign producers are especially eager to sell to Americans.

4.   But many foreign producers did not keep equivalent baseline records of their shipments at that time.

5.   But that also means that the United States cannot browbeat foreign producers into higher production when prices rise, as it has sometimes done with oil.

6.   But some cautioned not to expect too much benefit unless foreign producers begin to release more oil at lower prices.

7.   But to win antidumping tariffs on foreign producers, an American company needs to prove that it has suffered financial injury.

8.   CAP has said the foreign producers are dumping steel on the Chilean market and called for protection from the government.

9.   China is also trying to secure long-term agreements to buy copper and copper concentrate from foreign producers to shield domestic users from price swings.

10.   Farms must now compete with foreign producers which are far more efficient at selling milk, vegetables and meat.