U.S. widening Doha discussions
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The United States is reaching out to more countries as world trade talks slowly gain momentum, a U.S. trade official said on Tuesday, even as some U.S. farmers grow more hostile to a deal.
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The U.S. trade gap widened in May as  higher oil prices and a rising tide of Chinese goods pushed  imports to a record, overshadowing a strong export performance,  a government report showed on Thursday.
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Slow-moving talks between the European Union and the four-nation South American Mercosur trade bloc, aimed at building the world's largest free-trade area, will be extended beyond the October 31 deadline into next year, negotiators at talks here announced.
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The World Trade Organization imposed penalties Friday on U.S. exports ranging from apples to textiles, escalating a trade dispute the Bush administration has struggled to defuse by unsuccessfully urging Congress to repeal legislation aimed at protecting American steelmakers.
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The increase prompted the U.S. to renew calls for more transparency about the intent of Chinaâs arms buildup.
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US-India trade, which has seen barriers fall dramatically in recent years, will get an additional boost once a US program fostering high-tech exports goes into effect this year, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said.
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The US trade deficit widened to a new high of $55.5 billion in October, boosted by high oil prices and record imports from China as retailers geared up for Christmas.
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The US and the EU have agreed to hold further talks in order to avoid legal action in the trade dispute over government support for Airbus and Boeing.
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The main stumbling block in the Doha Round of global trade talks is the failure of the United States and European Union to make substantial concessions on agriculture, China's commerce minister said on Monday. The World Trade Organization formally relaunched the Doha round of negotiations last month after a six-month suspension that was triggered by differences among major trading partners, especially the United States and EU, over farm subsidies.
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Two years ago in December, fewer than 30 U.S. business representatives came to Havana to sign agreements with Cuban officials to export food to the Caribbean island. This week, Cuba expects more than 340 people &#151; primarily producers of American farm goods &#151; to attend the latest round of talks, in which communist officials hope to sign deals worth about &#36;100 million.
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GENEVA, Switzerland - 11/29/04 - In another broadside in an ongoing trade dispute between the US and the European Union, Japan and several other countries, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has levied punitive tariffs on a variety of US exports ranging
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The United States, which is under  pressure in world trade talks to reduce its use of import  duties against what it considers unfair foreign trade, detailed  a counterproposal on Monday to expand the list of prohibited  government subsidies under global trade rules.
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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve's policy-setting panel spent part of its September gathering discussing the implications of the massive US trade gap, according to minutes of the meeting that were disclosed yesterday.
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The United States sees potentially escalating trade friction with China next year as Beijing is stepping up restrictions on foreign investment and recent U.S. Congressional elections create uncertainty, a U.S. trade official said on Friday.
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The Group of 20 emerging countries and world trade heavyweights the United States, European Union and Japan clamored here Sunday for a resumption of the WTO Doha Round of negotiations, but offered no hard specifics on when or how.
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While the Washington debate on US Cuba policy remains stuck on the issue of trade sanctions, the world has not stood still. At a recent meeting sponsored by the Czech government in Prague, a
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The Bush administration returns to world trade talks next week with renewed optimism, but even the most ardent supporters of the Doha round see formidable hurdles to clinching a deal.