U.S. trade chief eyes dramatic progress in WTO talks
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Months of behind-the-scenes work  could lead to dramatic progress in world trade talks next week  when top trade officials from the United States, European  Union, Brazil and India meet in Potsdam, Germany, the chief  U.S. negotiator said on Thursday.
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Trade powers launched an eleventh-hour effort to rescue global trade talks on Tuesday as negotiators prepared for what the United States called a critical week.
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The US treasury secretary is in Beijing for critical talks with China on trade, exchange rates and data piracy.
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The European Union's top trade official said Monday he would move to lift millions of euros (dollars) in punitive tariffs on U.S. goods following the repeal in Washington of corporate tax breaks that were ruled illegal by the World Trade Organization.
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The Treasury secretary is urging a successful conclusion of world trade talks, pushing for expansion of Indiaâs capital markets and for regulators to open the financial sector to foreigners.
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South Korea and United States have picked up the pace of talks on a trade deal with an end-March deadline looming, aiming to strike an agreement both countries' legislatures will approve, the chief U.S. envoy said on Friday.
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Top negotiators of the European Union  and the United States will meet on Friday as part of an urgent  push for a breakthrough in long-delayed global free trade  talks, EU and U.S. officials said.
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WTO chief Pascal Lamy, known for his  love of long-distance running, will need sprinter-like speed if  he is to get a breakthrough in snarled global free trade talks  in the month or so that has been given.
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A world trade deal that benefits all economies is within reach if countries are prepared to negotiate seriously on draft texts released this week, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Friday.
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Brussles - EU trade chief Peter Mandelson wants clarification of the US stance in threatened WTO action over aid to Airbus, his spokeswoman said Friday after a US official indicated Washington was delaying such action.
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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 United States is reaching out to more countries as world trade talks slowly gain momentum, a U.S. trade official said on Tuesday, even as some U.S. farmers grow more hostile to a deal.
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The European Union's chief negotiator in free trade talks with South Korea said Friday that the current round of negotiations has yielded significant advances but added that contentious issues such as automobiles were not discussed.
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What Russia's move toward entry in the World Trade Organization means for Washington.
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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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Global trade is set to grow by 8.5% in real terms in 2004 despite soaring oil prices, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has said.
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As Deborah P. Majoras takes over the Federal Trade Commission on Monday, she's expected to build on the broad agenda set by her predecessor, Timothy J. Muris.