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Article: House Approves Trade Agreements with Chile, Singapore.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- July 25, 2003
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By Jeffrey Sparshott, The Washington Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 25--The House yesterday easily approved free-trade agreements with Chile and Singapore in a major victory for the Bush administration.
The pacts are the biggest free-trade deals voted on by the House since lawmakers approved NAFTA with Canada and Mexico a decade ago. Bush administration officials hope yesterday's passage opens the door for two-way agreements with at least a dozen more countries.
"What you will see Congress voting on [...] is what we hope will be the first in a series of agreements," Robert B. Zoellick, the U.S. trade representative, said ...