EU, Mercosur See No Trade Deal Progress
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Negotiators from the European Union and South America's four-nation Mercosur trade bloc on Wednesday failed to reach agreement on a deal to keep alive their attempt to create the world's biggest free-trade area.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy sought on Friday to persuade Poland to compromise over a new treaty to govern the European Union but made little progress.
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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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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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US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick and his new European counterpart Peter Mandelson failed to make headway on a trans-Atlantic standoff over subsidies for Airbus and Boeing at a meeting Monday, saying the dispute remains headed for WTO arbitration.
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TALKS between the United States and the European Union over subsidies for rival aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing ended last night without agreement.
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Russia is dragging its feet in talks on  joining the World Trade Organization and must get its act  together if it is to accede this year, a European Union  diplomat was quoted on Monday as saying.
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BRASILIA/BRUSSELS  - European Union and Mercosurofficials criticized each other's trade proposals on Thursday,making an Oct. 31 deadline to create a transatlantic free tradearea appear increasingly unrealistic.
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Colombia still has a "window of  opportunity" until May to persuade the U.S. Congress to pass a  disputed free trade deal before election campaigning  complicates a vote, a top trade official said on Thursday.
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The European Union and the four-nation South American Mercosur customs bloc failed to reach a deal to create the world&#39;s biggest free-trade area, negotiators said late on Wednesday.
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Negotiators on Friday were set to plan their next steps at the World Trade Organization after key talks between four leading powers collapsed, casting doubt on whether a long-sought free trade pact can be clinched.
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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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The South American trade bloc Mercosur and the European Union said after a ministerial meeting Sunday they hope to conclude stalled talks about free-trade agreement on time.
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The European Union and the four-nation South American Mercosur customs bloc failed to reach a deal to create the world's biggest free-trade area, negotiators said late on Wednesday.
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EU and US trade officials both say they are willing to make concessions to break the deadlock in global trade talks.
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The European Union and the Mercosur group of South American economies agreed Thursday to let negotiations on opening their markets extend into next year, missing a month-end deadline to build the world&#39;s largest trade area.
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The United States and Russia made progress last week in talks on Moscow's long-time bid to join the World Trade Organization, but not enough to wrap up a deal, U.S and Russian officials said on Monday.