Indeed, as Congress demurs on the four critical agreements, a host of progressive-minded governments continue pursuing free trade with nations important to their economic and overall geopolitical interests.

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He was deputy commissioner of the NBA for 22 years and was lead negotiator in the past four collective bargaining agreements.

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The Bush administration has four free trade agreements pending in Congress right now, and it is not likely to send any more to the Hill because lawmakers did not renew the president's fast-track authority to negotiate trade deals.

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Under the new rules being pushed by Baisalov, any adoption agency working in Kyrgyzstan will have to secure separate agreements with four government ministries and with the security service, the successor to the Soviet-era KGB.

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Congress already has four free trade agreements on the table, and it is considering whether to extend the president's "fast track" authority to negotiate trade agreements past the June 30 expiration.

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Only about a fifth of 609 firms in four Asian countries surveyed by the Asian Development Bank in 2008 took advantage of the agreements that applied to them.

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The agreements, which Mr. Liu's office plans to announce on Thursday, come after four months of negotiations.

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