In 1812, the American Congress approved a declaration of war on Great Britain over trade restrictions.
Anti-smoking campaigners and many poor countries, on the other hand, want health to take precedence over trade.
There is a tendency towards issues arising over trade in raw materials.
This week they said that Iran would suspend its uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing activities, in return for European concessions over trade.
The current economic crisis may produce new transatlantic tensions, notably over trade.
He has an eye for detail which illuminates the personalities and political motivations of the changing cast of characters involved in haggling over trade barriers.
They fret over trade deficits but fail to mention the flip side of capital surpluses--foreign money pouring into the U.S., keeping stocks high and borrowing rates low.
The top Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee, which have jurisdiction over trade policy, have supported fast-track renewal, with reservations.
Baucus, whose committee has jurisdiction over trade deals, wants Congress to first pass legislation that would give a helping hand to American workers who have had their jobs displaced as a result of trade agreements.
For one thing, French sources tell me that President Nicolas Sarkozy, who had several run-ins with Lord Mandelson over trade opening proposals he made as EU trade commissioner, made it clear he would not support him.
To prevent a repeat of 1930s beggar-thy-neighbor protectionism, governments yielded significant powers over trade policy to supranational bodies such at the World Trade Organization (previously the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) and the European Union.
While imposition of the sanctions and restrictions on shipping could cause some snarls and inconvenience, the official said the issue at hand is of a relatively low rank among the larger set of problems the United States has with Japan over trade.
In addition, a recent farm-aid bill signed by the president in May further stirred criticism over US trade policies.
By the 1930s, under the chairmanship of Ernest Oppenheimer, De Beers' cartel had near total sway over the trade.
The unrest over the trade talks follows two strikes in the oil industry.
They see the UK as an ally over free trade and open markets.
In the past, this organisation has had difficulty asserting its authority over the trade in commercially important species taken from forests and fisheries.
Toyota's chairman, Hiroshi Okuda, had previously expressed his willingness to co-operate with US companies, amid concern over growing trade tensions between the US and Japan.
Competition policies can spill over into trade in several ways.
The irritations over Iran and Iraq are by no means the same but, in each, the French and Russians resent the shadow cast over their trade by American domestic politics.
Stocks there also got a boost from news that the Indian government has won a key vote of confidence in Parliament over its trade deal with the U.S. to obtain nuclear technology.
Before the agreement, sharp differences had emerged in Congress over the trade bill, with Democrats insisting that there should be additional benefits for workers who lose their jobs because of the extension of free trade.
"It shows you firefighters carrying a brother out, and it shows you the American flag waving over the trade center, " said Joe Esposito, a firefighter who lost a brother and a cousin in the attacks.
The volume of trade over just that one bridge is greater than the trade between the United States and Great Britain.
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