Trade negotiations typically represent the optimal solution for companies interested in securing the elimination of trade barriers on a comprehensive and permanent basis. St.Maxens & Company has an established record of utilizing these negotiations, ranging from major WTO rounds to bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs), to secure major successes for its clients. Among the negotiations in which St.Maxens & Company is currently engaged are the Doha Round of WTO negotiations, the Free Trade Area of Americas (FTAA), bilateral FTA negotiations between the United States and other countries, other Latin American and Asian regional FTA negotiations, and pending WTO accession negotiations for Russia, Saudi Arabia and other countries. Examples of St.Maxens & Company's negotiating successes for corporate clients include: For the Doha Round of WTO negotiations, spearheading efforts with U.S. and foreign government officials to secure a sector's inclusion among the sectors proposed for across-the-board tariff elimination. Leading efforts to propose and secure final agreement on a sector's inclusion in the "zero-for-zero" tariff agreement concluded as part of the Uruguay Round negotiations Securing numerous product-specific successes with respect to tariff and non-tariff trade liberalizations on behalf of individual clients in earlier WTO/GATT rounds, bilateral FTA negotiations, the NAFTA and WTO accession negotiations