However, the United States, France and the Netherlands are the only important trading countries that have anti-boycott laws.

"We see ourselves as a sophisticated trading country in Asia," Mr. Keating said.

Though this has cut some trade, Britain, Canada and other major trading countries have protested the law's extraterritorial reach and decline to enforce it.

Number of trading countries and regions: 203 (103rd Session).

Here, too, its growing wealth and influence as a major trading country is showing some dividends.

(c) The domestic rate of inflation falls below that of other major trading countries.

England keeps open doors, as a trading country must, to all nations.

The citizens of the two trading countries have the same needs.

He noted that South Korea has 42 million people, is the world's 10th-largest trading country and maintains diplomatic relations with 132 countries.

Last year, Taiwan, with a population of about 20 million, was the world's 13th-largest trading country, with two-way trade totaling $118.5 billion.