Many trade specialists in Congress and in the industry expect it to do so.

But the administration, trade specialists say, cannot afford to appear to be brushing aside any legitimate questions by Congress or security analysts within the government.

Until 2004, he was an international trade specialist at the Commerce Department in Washington.

Many trade specialists say the process has worked well and that any trade agreement with Mexico should include similar arrangements.

No "extraordinary challenge" has yet been filed, a sign, many trade specialists say, that the dispute settlement process works.

The case was closely watched in Europe by drug companies and free trade specialists alike.

Before marriage, she was a trade specialist at the Foreign Ministry.

Word of the study's findings touched off considerable debate within the Bush Administration and among trade specialists, even before the report was made public today.

In this new environment, some trade specialists see an opportunity for Congress to cement those savings by lowering the financing structure.

Christian Modolciu, a 39-year-old foreign trade specialist who has two children, said he and his wife decided not to have any more.