Trade Talks In Miami End Early

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The United States and Brazil concluded what they are calling a successful international trade meeting in Miami to lay the foundation for a Western Hemisphere trade agreement that will involve 34 countries. Conference negotiators Robert B. Zoellick and Celso Amorim addressed a variety of issues, such as agricultural subsidies and tariffs, intellectual property protection and public contracts. The city of Miami is seeking to become headquarters of the trade agreement, the Free Trade Area of the Americas.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Economic aspects, Political aspects, United States foreign relations, Agricultural subsidies, Brazilian foreign relations

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New Offer By Europe On Trade Is Assailed

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The European Union has offered to reduce farm tariffs from 23 percent, to 12 percent. Negotiations continue as the United States and Brazil don't think these cuts go far enough, while the French think they go too far.

Foreign trade, International economic relations, Interpretation and construction, European Union, International trade regulation, Farm produce, Agricultural products, Trade policy

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The Troubled Oil Company

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Venezuela's Citgo Petroelum is having difficulties operating effectively, as activity by Hugo Chavez has led to the resignation of nearly every high-level executive in the past two years.

Labor force information, Sales, profits & dividends, Government domestic functions, Management dynamics, Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction, Crude petroleum and natural gas, Executive changes & profiles, Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas, Petroleum refining, Management, Officials and employees, Energy policy, Petroleum industry, Employment, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Company sales and earnings, Company earnings/profit, Company business management, Chavez, Hugo, CITGO Petroleum Corp., Rivero, Antonio J.

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