Japan, Mexico ink free trade accord
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MEXICO CITY - Mexico and Japan have signed a free-trade agreement that is expected to open a new market for Mexican fruit and vegetables and prompt Japanese factories to move here.
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Japan and India courted southeast  Asian leaders Tuesday, a day after China signed a landmark deal  with ASEAN to create an Asian free trade market of 1.8 billion  people by 2015.
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VIENTIANE, Laos  - Southeast Asian countries and China signed an accord Monday to create the world's biggest free trade area by removing tariffs for their two billion people by decade's end - a key step in their vision of a trade bloc to rival Europe and North America.
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The World Trade Organization gave final approval on Friday to the European Union, Japan and others to hit the United States with an initial $150 million in trade sanctions
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The United States and Japan agreed Friday to strengthen cooperation on missile defense amid concerns of a possible long-range rocket launch by North Korea.
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Japan and the European Union will launch talks next month to enhance economic cooperation in the first step to a long-shot possibility of a free trade deal, officials said Wednesday.
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Congress gave final approval Tuesday to a free trade agreement with Oman, ending several months of debate over a deal that will have minimal economic effects but came to stand for growing differences over U.S. trade policy.
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Japan&#39;s baseball players and owners averted a strike Friday, reaching a last-minute agreement that will allow teams to continue playing through the weekend, the Kyodo News service and national broadcaster NHK reported.
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TOKYO: Japan and the United States on Friday agreed to boost cooperation in their missile defense programs - an important first step in carrying out new defense guidelines that ease Tokyoâs strict postwar pacifism.
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Trade talks on lifting the Japanese ban on US beef ended in Tokyo Saturday with some progress and pledges to talk again. A source close to the talks said the two sides reached
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: US and Japanese negotiators today reached a preliminary agreement to partially lift the 10-month-old ban on American beef exports to Japan within &quot;a matter of weeks&quot; and work toward ending
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Australia and the United States sealed a free trade agreement to start January 1, 2005 after clearing last-minute obstacles.
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Japan&#39;s Cabinet formally approved the signing of a free trade agreement with Mexico, ahead of a meeting between the two nations&#39; leaders.
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The Tokyo and London stock exchanges said Friday that they had agreed to work on a business alliance aimed at boosting their international presence.
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Japanese and US officials in Tokyo have reached a framework agreement that should permit the resumption of beef trade between the two countries.
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The World Trade Organization gave final approval on Friday to the European Union, Japan and others to hit the United States with an initial &#36;150 million in trade sanctions in a dispute over an illegal anti-dumping law.
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The European Union, United States and Japan said they were willing to give ground to save global trade talks provided all parties in the negotiations also offered concessions.