"We have been very focused in calling for a breakthrough now, " says Mary Irace, vice president of trade and export finance for the National Foreign Trade Council, a pro-trade industry group in Washington.

FORBES: Restarting Doha

The annual income Great Britain derives from commissions in her whole foreign and colonial trade, import and export, is estimated by Sir R.

FORBES: The Barbell Economy

It is also the surest way to deflect protectionist pressure, because the prospect of greater access to foreign markets should rally export lobbies to the free-trade cause.

ECONOMIST: Storm over globalisation

Foreign-investment inflows are slowing, and slower export growth will shrink the trade surplus.

ECONOMIST: China��s currency

The World Trade Organization has ruled that our tax export subsidies--known as Foreign Sales Corporation and Extraterritorial Income Exclusion provisions--are illegal.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

We know that trade secret theft can cripple a company's competitive advantage in foreign markets, diminish export prospects around the globe, and put American jobs in jeopardy.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Another of Sir Richard's recommendations was that the decision on export licences should not be left to a kind of "wrangling" between the Foreign Office, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Defence.

BBC: Act on arms exports, warns Scott