Talk of trade wars and retaliation make good copy but they don't make good sense in my opinion. Friends negotiate, they don't retaliate.

Eat and drink with your friends but do not trade with them.

I didn't want it to end like this. I wasn't ready to say goodbye to my friends.

Throughout the process, builders have been pushing to resolve this dispute in a manner that leads to free trade, and we are pleased that this framework will ultimately lead to this favorable outcome. We urge both governments to quickly finalize the accord so that we can achieve this important objective as soon as possible.

This has resulted in a huge increase in the legal and illegal trade. With certain species going for £10,000 on the black market, it can be very lucrative.

In 2003, Taiwan and Panama signed an FTA. One year after that (pact) was signed, the trade volume (between those two countries) more than doubled, or grew 112 percent,