Poland is further along in its process of economic change than Czechoslovakia and had already benefited from lower American tariffs.

The new American tariffs will not go into effect until next month.

While other nations' tariffs can be quite high, the average American tariff on manufactured imports is 4 percent.

American tariffs on most Mexican goods are already negligible.

The treaty ended the American 21% tariff on natural resource imports.

Although no exporter will say so publicly, one solution to higher American tariffs is to ship sanctioned items through a third country.

The current American tariff on wheat imports is 7 percent.

American tariffs on textiles and apparel are among the nation's highest.

Under the group's rules, if Japan wanted to impose its own duties to defend against the American tariffs, it had until today to say so.

The normal American tariff on imported car radios is 8 percent.