More recently, Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus discovered new lands while seeking to expand trade with spice-growing areas in Asia.

VOA: special.2009.05.19

He also proposed that Congress declare that it had no power to interfere with the slave trade between states.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

While there,he was asked to go with a special trade group from Korea to establish trade relations with the United States.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

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

The railroads said the laws were not constitutional, because they interfered with the right of Congress to control trade between the states.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

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

VOA: special.2010.08.12

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

"We trade with a lot of countries around the world who are not necessarily overly friendly to US politics."

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

Combating border violence is expected to top discussions with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, along with trade and commercial issues and immigration concerns.

VOA: standard.2009.04.12

Beijing,which has extensive trade and economic ties with Tehran, has been reluctant to press for new sanctions.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

The power structure in Kandahar is led by President Hamid Karzai's controversial half-brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, with alleged links to drug trade and local militias.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

That runs counter to strict sanctions still in place covering other trade with these nations.

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

The idea is a joint government-manufacturer incentive plan to give consumers with old car trade-ins a $3,000 cash back deal on the purchase of any new car.

VOA: standard.2009.05.18

In that time he has signaled his intention to seek trade deals with other Asian nations, and review Japan's long-term military basing agreements with the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

DeShazo says Fidel Castro's TV appearance could be a "trade off," or compromise, with his brother, current President Raul Castro, to appease different factions within the Cuban regime.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

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

Nearly 5,000 farmers in Burkina Faso, Cameroon,Ghana,Senegal, and Sierra Leone are exporting organically-grown produce to Europe, after gaining organic and fair-trade certification with help from the U.N.Food and Agriculture Organization.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

"It sends a clear message to those who do business with Iran's petroleum sector, you can trade with Iran and its less than or you can trade with the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

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

Higher Grounds Caf, in West Hills,California, started with 10 students, and now has 50 members working together to sell fair trade, certified organic tea, coffee and cocoa grown by farmers in Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

Some farmers who are not in the program have begun adopting organic farming techniques in hopes of joining small organic cooperatives that are beginning to negotiate long-term contracts with European organic and fair-trade wholesalers.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

"We are in dialogue with Canada and our other trading partners about the issue to try and implement the "Buy American" provision in a way consistent with our international obligations, while minimizing disruption to trade,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.10

Many companies from countries like United States and France have been eyeing the opportunity to build nuclear power plants in India since an international ban on civil nuclear trade with the country was lifted last year.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29