EU's new heavyweight talks trade with Bern
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The Polish president, Aleksander Kwasniewski, arrived in Switzerland on Wednesday for a two-day state visit.
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BRUSSELS (DPA): European Union trade chief Pascal Lamy heads off to Jakarta for a meeting with economic ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Saturday, EU officials said on Thursday.
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European Commission chief-in-waiting Jose Manuel Durao Barroso will meet French President Jacques Chirac this week at the start of a new familiarization tour, a spokesman of the EU executive said Monday.
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French President Jacques Chirac&#39;s views on the EU arms embargo against China have been a focus of a visit there as he cultivates new business opportunities.
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The incoming European Commission president is to meet top MEPs to defuse the crisis over the new justice commissioner.
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A senior US negotiator in the new "open skies" talks issues a plea for Europeans to understand the deal's potential.
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The European Union&#39;s incoming industry chief warned Thursday against protectionist leanings of some European governments, as well as fears about new EU member states abusing their position.
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Bloomberg - June 1 (Bloomberg) -- Trade chiefs from the European Union and the U.S. met today in Brussels amid new signs of progress in efforts to revive long-stalled global trade talks.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 24 (IPS) - The European Union's top trade official has  refused to accept African demands that he grant them lengthy  transition periods for removing restrictions on imports under a  new market opening deal.
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Incoming EU trade chief Peter Mandelson faced a tough grilling at the European Parliament, with deputies seeking assurances that his close ties with Tony Blair would not influence him.
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Three months after ruling himself out as a potential European Commission president, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker, is about to emerge as "Mr Euro", the new figurehead for the EU's single ...
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The EU could seek free trade agreements with leading Asian economies as part of a radically revised trade policy.
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BRUSSELS, May 22 (IPS) - Anti-poverty campaigners have likened trade  negotiations between the European Union (EU) and several regions  in Africa to a boxing match between a schoolboy novice and a  heavyweight champion.
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The EU can turn to new priorities such as globalisation after agreeing a new reform treaty, its leaders said Friday, but thoughts were also on the potentially tricky topic of ratification.
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JosÃ© Manuel Barroso, the new European commission president, offered MEPs a powerful role in reshaping the EU&#39;s political, economic and social agenda and redefining its relations with the world after winning resounding backing for his team yesterday.
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BRUSSELS : The incoming head of the European Commission unveiled a new line-up for his EU executive team Thursday, aimed at resolving an unprecedented standoff that has left Brussels in limbo.
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The EU is set to back former trade commissioner Pascal Lamy for the top job at the WTO. A meeting of trade chiefs from the 25 member states agreed on the Frenchmanâs candidacy on Tuesday.