Repressive governments in Swaziland and Eritrea have been told they might forfeit their duty-free export status unless there are democratic reforms.
Mr Inama also fears that some crops will be transferred from excluded countries into the chosen 48, for duty-free export to Europe.
The change is being caused by the expiration of the HEU-LEU contract, signed in 1993 by Russia and the US. The treaty, which expires in 2013, allowed the duty-free export of Soviet uranium extracted from nuclear warheads.
These export-processing zones provided for duty-free entry and duty-free exit for export-oriented goods and helped in the transfer of technology and skill to the developed countries.
Free trade lets America export its inflation--precisely to countries that, like Japan, so desperately want it.
"The government is determined to keep the export-oriented industries free from political strife, " he said.
While they may be faced with more import competition, a shift to a policy of free trade could also open up export opportunities for these companies.
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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.
This is home to 74 factories that produce mainly textiles and electronic gadgets for export--duty-free and quota-free--to the U.S. These factories make up what is called a qualifying industrial zone (QIZ), an entity designated by the U.S. in 1996 to help increase imports from Jordan.
China's "Torch" program fast-tracks industries, attracting entrepreneurs with offers of cheap land for factories, export tax breaks and even a free apartment for three years.
The only way to get rid of the resulting beef and butter mountains and wine and oil lakes was to subsidise their export, tarnishing Europe's free-trading credentials.
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The future growth of the Valley hangs less on under-age college boys in search of tequila than on maquiladoras which assemble duty-free materials with cheap Mexican labour into products for export back into the United States.
The WTO sees export subsidies as a particularly egregious breach of free-trade principles.
Free trade is about much more than increasing opportunities to export.
In an interview, Jennifer Cohn, medical coordinator for MSF's access campaign, said the ruling reinforces the idea that India won't patent drugs that are "not significantly innovative, " leaving generics companies free to produce many products for domestic use or for export to other countries where the drugs aren't protected by patent.
In the past, foreign business offices were allowed to import cars, computers and so forth duty-free, on the understanding that they would eventually re-export them.
Sadly, Miller ignored the economy-strengthening fact that the FTA allows more than 90 percent of American products and services duty free status, which combined with the undervalued dollar, provides significant export growth potential.
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The "EPUB export feature" makes it easier for people to read free encyclopedia articles on their mobile phones, e-readers or tablets when they don't have a connection, Wikipedia said in a blog post on Monday.
In the spirit of free trade or more precisely leveling the playing field, this is one export we should think about encouraging.
"Export controls remain the most powerful obstacle to the development and free flow of encryption, but they are steadily being relaxed because of the Internet and demands for secure electronic commerce, " the report said.
With a well-developed infrastructure, a free-enterprise economy, generally pro-investment policies, and strong export industries, Thailand enjoyed solid growth from 2000 to 2007 - averaging more than 4% per year - as it recovered from the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98.
That poses challenges, both for my orthodox free-market beliefs and for other countries desperate to bottle the magic and export it.
Canadian President, Steven Harper, completed a visit to Canada's third largest South American export market, lauding Uribe's measurable successes in improving security and recommending free trade as a tool for sustainable economic development.
Perhaps no issue today, not even the wage competition that leads to export of manufacturing and support jobs, drives greater hostility to markets, globalization and free international trade.
Mr Bush's tariffs, like the Reagan-era export restraints on Japanese cars and semiconductors, came from a president who was fundamentally committed to free trade.
Because many Americans work for companies which export, I'll initiate negotiations in the first 100 days and submit to Congress five free trade agreements during my first year in office to increase exports.
Antitrade activists frequently suggest that free trade is a "race to the bottom" and lobby for currency depreciation in order to improve the export position of American firms.
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