Import bans, though, should be a last line of defence.

Nevertheless, officials said there are some potential problems with the import ban.

He said it had not been a big seller until the import ban.

However, no plants were brought from China due to import bans.

Brazil's Congress will vote on ending the computer import ban next week.

Will you use these studies as grounds for introducing an import ban?

The international trade can also be discouraged by import bans.

"We have asked mainland authorities to extend the import ban."

Company officials also contend that an import ban would put American jobs in jeopardy.

The rice import ban is expected to come under great pressure later on in the current round of global trade negotiations.

The Clinton Administration had been considering a new import ban for weeks.

No doubt the two Member States who still have an import ban will support you in this!

Further, they seek to have the import ban overturned.

So far the United States has chosen to ignore the import ban.

Where the record companies may be right, however, is in arguing that ending the import ban might not affect prices much anyway.

The import ban was only loosely enforced until 2002.

The Reagan Administration will oppose the import ban, according to two officials who asked not to be named.

Even before the import ban, most assault rifles were made in the United States.

The pig import ban from Canada was lifted on May 11.

This fueled a surge in imports that had started five years ago, when the import ban was lifted.

And both sides are being cautious in their reaction to import bans imposed for health reasons.

Any suspension of the import ban would have to include stringent measures to check for afflatoxins.

The French acknowledged that they had taken a set of recommendations to their national food safety agency to get approval for lifting the import ban.

"Accordingly, I am lifting the import ban on weapons with a military appearance, effective immediately.

Not to allow meat in at all is an import ban, and I definitely would not support that unless there were good reasons!