U.S. and IAEA officials say they believe North Korea procured the P-2-style centrifuge designs from A.Q Khan following a barter trade conducted in the 1990s.

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Fifth, at least the temporary Soviet loss of their indispensable arms-for-oil barter trade with their favorite client state, Iraq, resulting from the coalition embargo against Iraq last August.

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Note: Be sure you are comfortable with the complexities barter can introduce into your life and be up-front with your trade partner on the legalities.

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Chasen's barter idea: Buy discounted magazine and newspaper ad pages in bulk and trade them to restaurants for dining credits, which would then be sold to diners for cash.

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The origin of money is a market-led response to barter costs, in which the best money is that which minimises the costs of trade.

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As soon as an American wanted to trade with a Japanese person, they would have to strike a fair barter.

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In what Mr Audrines describes as a barter arrangement (in which the Cubans seem to get the rough end), Caracas will trade them for eight macaws, two tapirs, a puma and four capybaras.

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