EU backs Lamy to head World Trade Organisation
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Pascal Lamy, the former EU trade commissioner, could become the World Trade Organisation&#39;s new director general, replacing Supachai Panitchpakdi when his three-year term runs out in August.
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The European Union on Wednesday agreed in principle to lift an arms embargo on Libya after pressure from Italy, which wants the Libyan government to help crack down on illegal immigration to the EU.
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Former European Union trade commissioner Pascal Lamy won wide backing from EU governments Tuesday in his bid to become the next head of the World Trade Organization, a spokeswoman said.
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BRUSSELS - The European Union agreed on Wednesday to lift its arms embargo on Libya after pressure from Italy, which wants to help the North African country tackle illegal migrants, an EU diplomatic source said.
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Europeâs biggest cross-border financial services deal in recent years was given a significant boost over the weekend when Mario Monti, European Union competition chief, in effect confirmed that EU regulators would approve the Â£8.
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The European Commission has given the green light to the proposed Oracle acquisition of PeopleSoft, European Union Competition commissioner Mario Monti said.
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Splits appeared within the European Union over the role of the blocâs trade chief, Peter Mandelson, in getting global trade talks moving again last weekend. Mr. Mandelson and other ministers from trade powers met Saturday in Davos, Switzerland, and agreed to push ahead with negotiations aimed at getting a deal for the World Trade Organizationâs Doha round. The round was suspended last July as a result of big differences, chiefly over farm trade, and it risks running out of time soon. France, a longtime defender of Europeâs agricultural interests, criticized Mr. Mandelson over the Davos meeting, accusing him of going beyond his authority. Franceâs criticisms were echoed by Austriaâs farm minister. Germany, which holds the European Union presidency, supports Mr. Mandelson, said Michael Glos, the German economics minister.
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By Timothy Heritage PARIS  - France has formally proposed formerEuropean Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy as a candidate tohead the World Trade Organization (WTO), Lamy said on Monday.
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US trade officials said on Tuesday that former European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy would be a &quot;strong candidate&quot; to lead the World Trade Organization, but stopped short of formally endorsing him.
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Two days after the American trade embargo was lifted from Libya, the European Union yesterday approved to lift the economic sanctions imposed on Tripoli in addition to lifting arms sales to it.
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BRUSSELS (DPA): European Union trade chief Pascal Lamy heads off to Jakarta for a meeting with economic ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Saturday, EU officials said on Thursday.
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A World Trade Organisation panel on Thursday reproved the European Union for acting unilaterally in setting up a special aid scheme for European shipbuilders to counter alleged
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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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World Trade Organization members should be able to reach a binding accord to liberalize global commerce in 2006, the European Union&#39;s new agriculture chief said Thursday.
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European regulators said in an  expected move on Tuesday they have no objections to the  proposed $13.8 billion merger between Euronext  and  NYSE , removing a hurdle for the first transatlantic  stock exchange.
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The foreign ministers of the European Union agreed yesterday in a meeting in Luxembourg unanimously to lift weapons selling embargo imposed on Libya.
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LUXEMBOURG - The European Union has agreed to ease an 18-year arms embargo against Libya, going one step farther than the US which dropped its trade embargo against the former pariah, but maintained a weapons ban.