The restrictions on cash withdrawals remain in place, but the government is also going to allow exporters to open dollar bank accounts for foreign trade.
The Soviet Union relies on the Baltic ports for some of foreign trade, particularly for its energy exports.
"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.
As the U.S. pays ever more for foreign oil, the trade balance will worsen, further eroding the value of the dollar and further propping up oil prices.
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This would be a costless foreign policy that would very much boost our security for free trade among countries remaining the single best foreign policy of all.
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The commerce ministry could unveil these new steps when it announces its foreign trade policy for the year, which Mr. Rao said is expected by the end of March.
While there will be a lot of emphasis on Libya, also look for discussions on trade and tariffs, offshore accounts and foreign tax credits for corporations and individuals.
Finally, the plan even includes a provision for free trade, giving the President renewed fast track authority to negotiate further trade agreements eliminating foreign trade barriers and opening new markets for American goods.
Those U.S.-educated Chinese trade lawyers who work for foreign law firms based in China can be considered "Chinese legal capacity" too, said Wang.
This suggests that most of the trade in foreign exchange is directed to settle external trade balances, rather than for speculative reasons.
First, the high U.S. corporate demand for foreign labor and raw materials alone causes a trade imbalance.
For 2012 as a whole, Destatis said foreign trade was "very robust", with exports up 4.1% on 2011.
Lobbyists for foreign companies have said that could violate World Trade Organization rules.
Until 1997, I was invited to the Ministry of Foreign Trade to work in Beijing for about 14 months.
Scaling back trade barriers makes it easier for foreign countries to buy American-made products, boosting domestic businesses and stirring job growth.
There are limitations locally because of the measures and so the market is likely to migrate offshore to hedge its currency position to protect against dollar weakness for portfolio investments, currency speculation, and foreign trade.
Economists' next argument for free trade is that opening up markets to foreign suppliers increases competition.
Most trade statistics simply fail to account for foreign investment.
Instead of straightforward cross-border exchanges, the vehicle for trade in both goods and services can be foreign direct investment.
Yet the increasing foreign trade also provides things that are good for clusters.
For instance, banks can still trade derivatives on interest rates, foreign exchanges, gold, and silver, which have been very profitable for them.
Trade and investment offers a big loophole for Chinese and foreign firms.
Nicholas Lardy of the Brookings Institution notes another reason for the outflows: a huge increase in trade credit extended to foreign (mainly South-East Asian) buyers of Chinese goods.
Last June, for example, they removed restrictions on the use of yuan to settle foreign trade deals.
President Alejandro Toledo's government called off a bilateral meeting of foreign and defence ministers, and backed away from plans for free-trade talks with Chile.
As seen through the foreign currency exchange, the American still wants a trade deficit for the same reasons she did before in the bartering system.
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With the Czech economy entering a recession, foreign trade has assumed added importance -- and that also counts for trade with Islamic countries.
This, together with restrictive labour regulations, means that there is little non-oil foreign direct investment in Iran, except for pilot projects in the free-trade zones.
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