The United States could extend free-trade status to a future Palestinian state. Robert Zoellick, the U.S. trade representative who has been nominated to be deputy secretary of state, said in confirmation hearings Tuesday that the Palestinian areas now come under the U.S. free trade agreement with Israel.
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