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DATE: SUNDAY, December 11, 1994                   TAG: 9412140080
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
DATELINE: MIAMI                                 LENGTH: Short

TRADE ACCORD FORGED - CLINTON SEEKS BUYERS FOR U.S. PRODUCTS

Embarking on what President Clinton called a "historic step," the United States and 33 other nations of the Western Hemisphere agreed Saturday to complete complex negotiations within a decade to eliminate all of their tariffs and other barriers to free trade.

"We believe the agreement we have made today to launch the Free Trade Area of the Americas will produce more jobs, higher incomes and greater opportunities for all of our people," Clinton said, setting the goal of establishing a free-trade zone of unprecedented economic and geographic reach.

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