The two countries have enjoyed goodcooperationinfighting against terrorismandin fields such as trade, economy andscienceandthere ismoreroom for furthercooperation between thetwo countries.
The press secretary says the two officials also discussed cooperation in fighting terrorism, piracy,nuclear and missile proliferation and the narcotics trade.
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For many Democrats, the link between free tradeand fighting terrorism went down especially badly: it implied, they thought, that anyone sceptical of free trade was unpatriotic.