And it helped establish the Export-Import Bank to increase trade throughout the Americas.

VOA: special.2011.04.28

Protectionist import taxes and farm supports were cut.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

And part of those bilateral relations is to import oil from Iran and to sell Chinese goods to Iran.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

President Obama says it is essential for the United States to import less and export more.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

And other countries are ready to fill the gap. We already import about But the oil spill is expected to drive that number higher.

VOA: standard.2010.05.27

The shutdown is bad news for the recession-hit country partly because it will lose a source of cheap electricity and be forced to import more expensive energy.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

Trade war?In September, Washington slapped tariffs on tire imports from China, and just last week, imposed new duties on the import of a key Chinese steel product to the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

"The most important step is one they're only beginning to take now and that's to prohibit the import and sale of timber which was illegally sourced in the country of origin."

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

The amended law bans the import of wood products from illegal logging operations, and threatens U.S.companies that violate the law with stiff fines,jail time, and confiscation of their illicitly-traded timber or forest products.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Today,the number is still 40 percent. Part of the problem is that a number of big importers, such as China and Japan, are not doing enough to stop the import and sale of illegal timber.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

"Through our collaborative efforts, and year-long investigation, this public official pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to import more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana into the United States, while at the same time receiving more than $5 million in bribe payments."

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

"Why should we be encouraged to lease large tracts of land for bio fuel production that we are not eating to make money and use that money to import food?" Ghana's Agriculture Ministry says private sector farmers are free to do what they like with their land.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23