But a government program that paid Americans to trade in old vehicles for new, fuel-saving models increased car sales in the summer.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

"In the fair-trade system the farmergets a higher advance price and at the end of the year they also get bonus payments."

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

The U.N.Conference on Trade and Development says eco-fashion brings in between $150 million and $200 million a year.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

In order to participate in the plan, car buyers like Georgie need to trade in a car that is at least 10-years old.

VOA: standard.2009.05.18

Thornton says the new amendment to the Lacey Act is a wake-up call for anyone who wants to trade in the lucrative U.S.wood products market.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

News of the widening trade gap, along with several other gloomy economic reports, contributed to a 2.5 - percent drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

South Korean parliamentary opponents of a major free-trade deal with the United States got physical in a committee hearing room, but failed to prevent the deal from advancing toward ratification.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

Campaigners say it has helped to shine a spotlight on the violent consequences of the trade in illicit diamonds - a spotlight they hope will remain even after the celebrities have left.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

"Here in Britain, we drink a lot of tea, but only one in ten cups are fair-trade, which means we're paying a fair price to the tea growers in the developing world."

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

It is not clear what it will be able to do to help revive energy talks with Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, During negotiations in the Czech capital,Prague, the three natural-gas producing nations were not convinced by E.U.offers of more trade and stronger transport links in exchange for their participation in a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline, known as Nabucco.

VOA: standard.2009.05.11