US-Bahrain Trade Pact Looms Over Gulf Summit
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Leaders of six Gulf Arab states began talks on Monday, facing a spat over a US-Bahraini free trade deal that diplomats say could threaten economic agreements between the members of the oil-rich bloc.
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Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa (C) delivers the opening speech at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers meeting in Manama, December 19.
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US President George W. Bush risks losing his special trade negotiating powers after talks between four key players in the World Trade Organization collapsed this week, analysts said.
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GCC members have decided to regulate all trade deals their countries forge with a third party, following the dispute between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain on the issue, a minister who attended the GCC meetings said.
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Bahrain's foreign minister said Friday that an Israeli-Palestinian agreement was within reach, urging the United States to seize the chance presented by the Palestinian elections to advance the peace process. Palestinians are to vote Jan. 9. for a replacement for the late Yasser Arafat.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Gulf Arab states are on course to create a single currency in the world's top oil exporting region by 2010, despite concerns raised last week by at least one participant.
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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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New Delhi, Aug 25 (VNA) - India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) signed on Wednesday a Framework Agreement on Economic Cooperation to boost economic and trading ties as well as to explore the possibility of a free trade area between India and GCC
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Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Abdul Rahman Al-Attiya has said that the bloc would continue negotiating with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO
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Trade negotiators may be on the  brink of a long-awaited breakthrough that could push the  embattled Doha round on a course to completion, the Bush  administration's top trade official said on Wednesday.
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VIENTIANE : A record number of agreements are expected to be signed at the 10th ASEAN Summit in Laos. The leaders&#39; summit will take place on Monday and Tuesday and already trade
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Dubai Ports World, the Arab-owned firm whose purchase of American port facilities caused a U.S. political uproar, will join a program aimed at stopping nuclear weapons being smuggled into the United States, sources familiar with the agreement said on Thursday.
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The World Trade Organization was expected Friday to approve stiff sanctions on US exports ranging from almonds to ski jackets intended to punish Washington for failing to repeal the so-called Byrd amendment.
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As leaders of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain began a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Manama, Bahrain, with calls for unity, they gave no indication of backing away from their conflicting views on trade with the United States.
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The deal may stir worries in Washington that the United States is selling its competitive advantage an industry at a time.
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Manama (Bahrain), Dec 20 (PTI) Six Gulf countries began their annual summit here today amid growing differences on free trade deals with the US resulting in Saudi Arabia&#39;s Crown Prince opting out of the meet which is expected to discuss means to tackle
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Diplomacy and security will dominate the headlines of President Bush's visit to the Middle East, but important economic business will get done.