Leaders agree to support wider free trade zone

Wednesday, January 14, 2004

MONTERREY, Mexico -- Leaders from 34 American nations agreed Tuesday to support a hemisphere-wide trade area without setting a firm deadline, a concession to Brazil and Venezuela.

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