trade discrimination

By 1958 much trade discrimination had been eliminated, and both production and the volume of trade had greatly expanded.

Faced with such egregious trade discrimination, it is no wonder that the United States Trade Representative took vigorous action.

The bill provides that next year the President remove low tariff privileges from Chinese state enterprises unless China makes human rights progress and reduces trade discrimination.

He is hoping President Bush will end more than a half-century of trade discrimination against Moscow by offering most-favored-nation status, which would allow the lowest possible tariffs on imports from the Soviet Union.

Better Tariff Treatment Such an agreement could bring about normal economic relations between the two superpowers, not only ending a half-century of trade discrimination but also setting a framework for expanded investment and technology transfers.

The European Union said yesterday that it would join United States efforts at the World Trade Organization to end what it contends is Japanese trade discrimination against foreign producers of film and photographic paper.

Mr. Dole's office says he is acting because the Clinton Administration has "failed to deliver on its two-year-old commitment to resolve this case of blatant trade discrimination, which continues to cause serious injury to U.S. commercial interests."

Critics of the amendment argue that with the end of the Cold War, Jackson-Vanik is a now merely counterproductive trade discrimination, but some still see it as instrumental in helping democracy take hold in Eastern Europe.

Trade Agreement Signed The decision by Mr. Bush Friday to sign a Soviet trade agreement - starting a process that could end four decades of trade discrimination against Moscow - has increased chances of positive results from the food meeting, American officials said.