NU Online News Service, Aug. 1, 2003, 6:04 p.m. EDT – The U.S. Senate voted 66-32 Thursday to approve a free trade agreement with Singapore and 66-31 to approve a similar agreement with Chile.
The agreements are supposed to knock down barriers to free trade in services as well as goods.
The House approved the trade agreements July 24.
The American Council of Life Insurers, Washington, put out a statement welcoming the Senate’s votes on the pacts with Chile and Singapore.