TRADE:  Caribbean Draws Line in the Sand with EU
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Dec 13 (IPS) - Barbados is the venue for a new round of talks  starting this week that could make or break efforts to forge an  agreement between Caribbean nations and the 27-member European  Union for a new trade and aid pact that must be concluded by the  end of the month in order to comply with World Trade Organisation  (WTO) rules.
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The European Union and United States moved a step closer to an aviation trade war after failing to reach agreement during talks on subsidies to Airbus Industrie.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 12 (IPS) - EU proposals to offer some trade concessions to  tsunami-hit countries do not go far enough, trade and development  experts say.
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Comment is free: Jonathan Steele: The EU must not relent to the siren voices who oppose the territory's path to independence.
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Parliament has approved a new free-trade agreement - with caveats.
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The European Union&#39;s top trade official says he&#39;ll move to lift millions of dollars in punitive tariffs on US goods. EU trade commissioner Pascal Lamy says he&#39;ll act because Congress
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BRUSSELS, Oct 29 (IPS) - Just two months before a deadline set by the  European Union for signing all-embracing free trade accords with  some of the world's poorest countries, the EU has admitted  that it will have to reduce its ambition.
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The European Union and Mercosur were wide apart on Wednesday in negotiations to form the world's biggest free trade area despite a new EU offer to settle their differences, diplomats said.
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New European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson called on Tuesday for a fresh start in EU-US trade relations, which had been through a difficult path in the last few years.
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LONDON, Oct 4 (IPS) - The decision announced by the European Union to    pursue bilateral trade deals in the absence of a comprehensive  world   trade agreement can mean disaster for poor countries.
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The European Union and its allies got the go ahead on Tuesday to slap potentially heavy sanctions on U.S. goods in a row that could stir trade tensions ahead of the U.S. elections.
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Officials call on international community to open crossing points for trade.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 7 (IPS) - Governments from island states in the Pacific have  accused the European Union of failing to take account their  development needs when drawing up a free trade agreement that it  expects them to sign by the end of this year.
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GENEVA - The European Union (EU) and its allies got the go-ahead from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) yesterday to slap potentially heavy sanctions on US goods in response to the latter&#39;s illegal anti-dumping rules.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 20 (IPS) - African and European civil society groups are  urging European citizens to put pressure on their governments to  halt regional trade agreements between the European Union and  developing countries.
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You're just not 'trying hard enough' to stick to the law The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has ruled against the US in an online gambling dispute with the Caribbean island of Antigua and Barbuda. The US is breaking international trade rules, it is expected to say.â¦
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BONN, Mar 13 (IPS) - Europe's highest-ranking trade official has  claimed  that the entire African, Pacific and  Caribbean (ACP)  bloc is committed to reaching controversial free trade  deals  with the EU by  the end of this year. Not everyone from the ACP  group thinks so.