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Trade and Investment

Protocol signed at Brussels October 24, 2003; transmitted by the President of the United States of America to the Senate March 12, 2004 (Treaty Doc. 108-17, 108th Congress, 2d Session); reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations April 29, 2004 (Senate Executive Report No. 108-13, 108th Congress, 2d Session); Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate May 6, 2004; ratified by the President June 3, 2004; Exchange of instruments of ratification at Washington August 10, 2004; entered into force August 10, 2004.

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The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future