Move by US hurts odds for 'open skies' treaty
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WASHINGTON -- The United States scuttled a plan to give foreign investors more control over domestic airlines, dimming prospects for an "open skies" treaty with the European Union to increase trans-Atlantic competition.
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Efforts to free up transatlantic air services have hit a stalemate with recent U.S. elections expected to make it more difficult to push through new airline ownership laws needed to secure an "open skies" deal, a U.S. transport official said Wednesday.
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LONDON, October 7  - The European aircraft giant, Airbus, has criticized the US decision to move to the WTO over a dispute regarding government subsidies.
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The US looked likely to succeed on Friday night in blocking discussions on the next stage of the Kyoto protocol on climate change, to the chagrin of the European Union.
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Europe and the United States could be headed for a trans-Atlantic trade war over the issue of government aid to Airbus and The Boeing Co.
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The Kyoto Protocol that aims to slow down global warming takes effect but the US remains outside it.
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Talks between the US and European Union to rework the terms of government aid to aircraft makers should include Brazil, Canada and Japan, said Philippe Camus, co- chief executive of European Aeronautic, Defense &amp; Space Co.
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US strikes a deal, which could be costly, with 12 carriers after bacteria is found on 8 planes examined. By John Heilprin / Associated Press.
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The United States increased pressure on Australia to reconsider last-minute amendments to their free trade agreement, with Washington's top trade official warning a stand-off could delay the deal indefinitely
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The planned withdrawal of US troops from Europe and Asia that President Bush announced this week, if allowed to stand, could lead to the demise of the United States&#39; key alliances across the globe, including the one that Truman ...
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New Zealand is just about as far from the North Atlantic as you can get. Despite the distance, leaders of NATO will next week be discussing how to draw the Pacific nation and other regional democracies further ...Comment
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The country is split over a possible permanent trade deal with the US.
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The Bush administration wants deals by the end of the year for missile defense bases in Eastern Europe, but getting the Czech Republic and Poland to go along with that timetable could be difficult.
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US and EU negotiators traded arguments on Thursday over state aid for aircraft rivals Airbus and Boeing, but wound up no closer on a sensitive issue that has gathered steam in the run up to the US presidential election.
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Business as usual despite legal limbo European Union and US negotiators have failed to reach a deal on sharing passenger data by Saturday's (30 September deadline), creating a legal vacuum over the Atlantic.â¦
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The United States said on Thursday  it was &quot;unfortunate&quot; that a Russian official suggested Russia  might move its missiles closer to western Europe if its  proposals on a planned missile shield in Europe are ignored.
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Airbus has criticised a US move to take a fight about subsidies to the World Trade Organisation, saying it shows its rival&#39;s unwillingness to address its own subsidies.