Elizabeth Chelliah is chairwoman of APEC's committee for trade and investment.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

These were the Hawaiian islands. Hawaii was an important port for American trade ships sailing between the United States and China.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

Both Doctor McCarron and Doctor Alderman have connections to the Salt Institute, a trade group for the salt industry.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

In Asian countries, the high demand for shark fins for cooking has led to an illegal trade worth millions of dollars.

VOA: special.2009.04.03

In the seventeen hundreds, the land on which the Harborplace development was built served as a trade center for Baltimore.

VOA: special.2011.01.30

The Fulbright Teacher and Administrator Exchange Program offers a true exchange -- meaning two people trade jobs for a time.

VOA: special.2009.02.12

So Winslow's father found him a job as an assistant in the trade of making and preparing pictures for printed media.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

Project Green Search is looking for young women who are also concerned about the environment, animal welfare,fair trade and human rights.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

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

It said it was illegal for a trust or any other organization to interfere with interstate commerce -- trade among the states.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

For example,a W.H.O.statement urged nations not to close their borders or limit trade and travel.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

The law said it was illegal for businesses to interfere with trade among the states.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

But falling demand, including reduced demand for oil, has cut trade around the world.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

They stopped on the Oregon coast to trade for animal skins.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

And he said it was right for the United States to pay the debts of Texas, because that state no longer could collect taxes on trade as an independent country.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

And here is at least part of the reason why: Since late July the government has been paying for people to trade in older vehicles for newer ones with greater fuel economy.

VOA: special.2009.08.07