Secretary of State Blaine wanted to increase trade between the United States and other countries.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

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

U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said the foreign ministers also discussed the importance of expanding trade and making it more sustainable and inclusive.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

Free trade is the natural state, the distribution of incomes we get from free trade is the natural state against which others have to be measured.

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Analysts say the recovery is being propped up by government spending and could be vulnerable if trade or state-driven investment weakens.

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The newspaper reviewed nearly 30, 000 consumer complaints filed with the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general involving the big credit bureaus.

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