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In an effort to get Mexico to cut tariffs on some U.S. goods, the U.S. federal government may start allowing Mexican trucking companies to transport goods onto U.S. roads.

The World Trade Organization has supported the Obama administration's decision in September 2009 to enact tariffs on Chinese tires imported to the U.S. The WTO said the president's claim that such imports disrupted the domestic tire market was warranted.

Since the mad cow scare of 2003, South Korea has been a tough market for U.S. beef: The country first banned it, then severely limited imports. But a pending new trade agreement could mark the resumption of normal trade and the start of a more prosperous era for American beef exports.

In an interesting demonstration of the extreme specificity of international trade, China's Ministry of Commerce recently levied a 30 percent tariff on imports of a specific artificial fiber -- nylon 6 -- from the United States, Russia, the European Union and Taiwan. Monday's announcement was...