On the import side, Argentina cannot raise tariffs on its own because it belongs to the Mercosur customs union.

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With his glossy new import by his side, Barwick suddenly came over like P Diddy in Bloomingdale's.

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Side by side with the increasing import of foreign programming, there has been a growth of foreign again, mainly American investment in media.

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If governments on either side were to levy countervailing import duties (as the WTO allows when an illegal subsidy persists), it could spark a disastrous trade war.

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Looked at from another angle, the problems in the Caspian fisheries have also provided plenty of economic incentive on this side of the Atlantic: American consumers are simply being priced out of the import market.

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On our side, we could agree to reform or scrap our protectionist dumping laws and a host of import quotas.

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Kiwi import Ross Taylor's 24-ball smash-and-grab of 53 not out had given the home side a fine total of 180-4.

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On the growth side of the equation, the IMF predicts U.S. output will pick up in 2008 and import levels will remain healthy.

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