1. garcia is a middleman (represented / representing) a newly independent country. 2. explain the possible problems (associating / associated) with countertrade. 3. it’s natural that coburn will be reluctant to ship $400, 000 worth of gears without first having some assurance they will actually get (paying / paid 4. you will agree this is a most (encouraging / encouraged) proposal. 5. an export transaction usually requires a lot of (complicating complicated) documentation. 6. the price (quoting / quoted) always indicates the terms of delivery. 7. if you are spelling a word to an english-(speaking / spoken) person on the phone, use the official post office alphabetical code. 8. when an investment is made, capital enters a country, enabling it to import (manufacturing / manufactured) materials to build a new (manufacturing / manufactured) plant and to pay workers to build it. 9. 70 members concluded a deal (covering / covered) more than 95% of trade in banking, insurance, securities and financial information. 10. numerous (specializing / specialized) committees and (working / worked) groups deal with the individual agreements and other areas. 11. (imported / importing) japanese cars accounted for almost one-forth of all cars (selling / sold) in the united states in the early 80s. 12. mr. thompson’s (approving / approved) smile let the agent know that he was one hundred per cent right when he presented the middleman with a (hand-making / hand-made) briefcase. 13. the sales representative offered the (approving / approved) specs to the partner. 14. a sentence in which some information is unnecessarily (repeating / repeated) is (calling / called) redundant. 15. (giving / given) here are some quotations that are always (sending / sent) first and thus should be (keeping / kept) ready. 16. i am deeply honoured by the invitation (extending / extended) to me. 17. (contributing / contributed) to the view of (declining / declined) competitiveness is the united states deficit in merchandise trade, especially the imbalance in trade with japan. 18. between sixty and fifty per cent of the gains in productivity (making / made) in the west in the last half-century spring from better (training / trained) minds, from more research, and more systematic use of the economy’s brain power. 19. the secretary opened the door to find colonel usman (standing / stood) to attention, (waiting / waited) to escort eduardo to the bank. 20. that position (establishing / established), he went on to check the bank’s reserves, long-term deposits, overseas commitments, and (estimating / estimated) oil revenues for the next five years.