Leaders cling to trade talk hopes
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WTO chief Pascal Lamy says trade talks have not failed but are suspended, as the EU and US trade blame.
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Leaders meeting on Iraq&#39;s future plan to give strong backing to the interim government&#39;s war against insurgents, but won&#39;t set
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Southeast Asian economic ministers began talks to discuss ways to speed up economic integration and free trade in an effort to move closer to establishing a regional economic community.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 1 : Top finance officials of the Group of Seven industrial powers opened talks in Washington, expected to focus on issues such as oil prices, China&#39;s currency, Iraq and the debt crisis of the world&#39;s poorest countries.
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Asia-Pacific leaders called for a speedy resolution to stalled global trade talks on Sunday, pledging flexibility and ambition to get the outline of a deal by year's end.
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The US calls on leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation group to help revive talks on a global trade deal.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Asia-Pacific leaders promised  on Sunday to try to revive world trade talks and fight  terrorism after a summit marred at the end by spats over the  security of President Bush.
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U.S. President George W. Bush hopes  to spur momentum for a world trade pact and a global target on  climate change at this week&#39;s Asia-Pacific summit but the Iraq  debate at home looms as a distraction.
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Top diplomats from Japan and China were   set to kick off a fresh round of talks on Monday on whether   their leaders could move ahead with an ice-breaking summit   meeting soon.
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With fears of a global recession growing, trade ministers met in the Swiss Alps on Saturday to see if they could advance long-stalled global commerce talks and provide a boost to a troubled world economy.
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The British and Irish premiers were holding talks on how to restore power-sharing government in Northern Ireland as pressure builds for an accord ahead of a November deadline, officials said.
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The Bush administration returns to  world trade talks next week with renewed optimism, but even the  most ardent supporters of the Doha round see formidable hurdles  to clinching a deal.
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Asian leaders, increasingly confident of their region's economic and political clout, are due to tackle issues ranging from trade to security with their European counterparts at a Helsinki summit.
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President Bush will play middleman during meetings Wednesday night with two world leaders who are key players in the war on terror, but have been outspoken about their differences with each other.
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Southeast Asian economic ministers met  on Saturday with counterparts from powerhouses Japan and China,  and made progress toward liberalizing trade and boosting  business, officials said.
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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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Negotiators met Friday at the World Trade Organization for formal farm talks, capping a weeklong series of informal discussions on ways to reach a wider-ranging liberalization accord by the end of 2005.