TRADE-EU:  World Bank Asks For More Time on EPAs
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BRUSSELS, Sep 27 (IPS) - Senior World Bank staff have asked the European  Union to consider extending the end-of-year deadline it has set  for a series of free trade agreements with Africa.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 19  (IPS) - The European Union has rejected calls by West  African states to postpone the end-of-year deadline for  concluding a free trade agreement.
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An environmental action group urged the European Union on Tuesday to boost testing on chemicals and halt pollution in the Baltic Sea because the fish there are so toxic.
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European Union leaders pressed other  trading powers on Friday to move to wrap up more than five  years of global trade talks, making clear the EU would also  pursue the option of bilateral deals with Asian partners.
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The World Trade Organization is running out of last chances.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 13 (IPS) - EU proposals to improve competitiveness in the  clothing and textiles industry before trade quotas run out offer  little comfort to developing countries, civil society groups say.
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A legalistic squabble yesterday delayed World Trade Organisation authorisation for sanctions against US goods, initially worth up to $150ma year, by the European Union and six
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - The European Union head office this week proposed redefining how working hours are counted under the bloc's maximum 48-hour workweek law and stopping companies in Britain from abusing an "opt-out" to the law.
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WINDHOEK, Jan 23  (IPS) - Namibia held out longer than the majority of its  counterparts in Southern Africa before signing the interim  economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union,  managing in the process to squeeze some concessions from Brussels  after intense diplomatic efforts.
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The World Bank on Tuesday chastised rich countries for not giving enough to fund global environmental protection and warned that overall progress in meeting global environmental targets was "alarmingly slow."
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NAIROBI, Sep 24  (IPS) - While east Africans still hold reservations about  the benefits of the economic partnership agreement (EPA)  currently being negotiated with the European Union (EU), both  government and civil society representatives seem to be accepting  that it is the best option available.
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The European Union on Friday again  turned to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in a long-running  row with the United States over the way Washington calculates  the size of anti-dumping duties.
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LILONGWE, Jan 28 (IPS) - Malawians still await the details of the impending  economic partnership agreement (EPA) which their government is  entering into with the European Union (EU).
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Trade ministers from a key group   of developing nations pressed the United States and the   European Union on Saturday for more concessions to help break   deadlocked global trade talks.
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WINDHOEK, February 15  (IPS) - The Southern African Development Community (SADC)  should engage in serious discussions to prevent the economic  partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union from  destroying its regional integration efforts.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 10 (IPS) - A decision over the next head of the World Trade  Organisation may see developed  countries pitted against the  developing world.
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The European Union has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to order the United States and Canada to lift sanctions on EU exports because of EU&#39;s ban on hormone beef.