But a government program that paid Americans to trade in old vehicles for new, fuel-saving models increased car sales in the summer.
VOA: special.2010.01.01
"In the fair-trade system the farmergets a higher advance price and at the end of the year they also get bonus payments."
VOA: standard.2010.03.10
The U.N.Conference on Trade and Development says eco-fashion brings in between $150 million and $200 million a year.
VOA: standard.2010.01.31
In order to participate in the plan, car buyers like Georgie need to trade in a car that is at least 10-years old.
VOA: standard.2009.05.18
Thornton says the new amendment to the Lacey Act is a wake-up call for anyone who wants to trade in the lucrative U.S.wood products market.
VOA: standard.2010.05.28
News of the widening trade gap, along with several other gloomy economic reports, contributed to a 2.5 - percent drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday.
VOA: standard.2010.08.11
South Korean parliamentary opponents of a major free-trade deal with the United States got physical in a committee hearing room, but failed to prevent the deal from advancing toward ratification.
VOA: standard.2009.04.22
Campaigners say it has helped to shine a spotlight on the violent consequences of the trade in illicit diamonds - a spotlight they hope will remain even after the celebrities have left.
VOA: standard.2010.08.09
"Here in Britain, we drink a lot of tea, but only one in ten cups are fair-trade, which means we're paying a fair price to the tea growers in the developing world."
VOA: standard.2010.03.10
It is not clear what it will be able to do to help revive energy talks with Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, During negotiations in the Czech capital,Prague, the three natural-gas producing nations were not convinced by E.U.offers of more trade and stronger transport links in exchange for their participation in a multi-billion-dollar gas pipeline, known as Nabucco.
VOA: standard.2009.05.11
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