1.   A policy of free trade, rather than membership of a discriminatory trading regime, would have maximised the benefits of tariff reductions.

2.   American and European negotiators were still haggling over the timing of tariff reduction on certain products and on whether other products should be included in the agreement.

3.   And the Seattle spectacle has simply prompted trade ministers to push tariff reductions in private talks.

4.   Because it is deals with tariff reduction, it would not address other, less obvious barriers that make it difficult for competitors to break into foreign markets.

5.   Because it deals with tariff reduction, it would not address other less obvious barriers that make it difficult for competitors to break into foreign markets.

6.   Because it would be limited to tariff reduction, it would not address other, less obvious barriers that make it difficult for competitors to break into foreign markets.

7.   A month earlier Peruvians did the same for President Alberto Fujimori, despite privatizations and tariff reductions that have displaced many companies and jobs.

8.   A second round of talks on tariff reduction begins in June.

9.   A tariff reduction probably would have boosted U.S. exports earlier than expected to make up for a ban on Taiwan pork exports to Japan.