EU urges signing of trade deals
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EU trade chief Peter Mandelson says Europe's ex-colonies could miss out if they do not sign new trade deals.
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The European Union is considering  signing an interim pact on trade and cooperation with Serbia  before a February 3 presidential election to try to boost the  pro-European incumbent, diplomats said on Friday.
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BRUSSELS, Aug 28 (IPS) - The European Union's top trade official has  called on Thailand to revise its efforts to provide cheap  medicines to people with AIDS over concerns that the country  could be undermining global rules on intellectual property.
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Ministers from trade powers tried on Sunday to push forward talks for a long-delayed deal to boost global commerce and ease poverty which risks running out of time this year.
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The European Parliament (EP) has advised European Union (EU) leaders, who meet today at the EU summit, to begin full membership negotiations with Turkey immediately.
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EU ministers are poised to agree a deal on aviation that would see aircraft emissions continue to rise.
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Despite some progress, trade between the 25 European Union nations needs to become easier and simpler to jump-start the EU's flagging economy, the EU's internal market chief said Thursday.
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The European Union wants to sign a trade and aid pact to ease Syria&#39;s diplomatic isolation, but only on condition it agrees to renounce weapons of mass destruction, German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said yesterday.
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The European Parliament yesterday called for EU membership talks with Turkey as soon as possible, paving the way for heads of government to make an historic offer to Ankara at a meeting tonight.
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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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The European Union cannot accept an agreement to resolve WTO free-trade talks on &quot;any terms,&quot; EU trade chief Peter Mandelson said Tuesday after France promised to veto any deal threatening French agriculture.
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The European Union (EU) said on Thursday that further US efforts to eliminate trade and investment barriers would strengthen the transatlantic economic relationship.
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EU leaders seek a deal on renewable energy targets, a day after agreeing to cut carbon dioxide emissions.
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The EU could seek free trade agreements with leading Asian economies as part of a radically revised trade policy.
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The European Union will do its best to save global trade talks but completing a deal next year is a 50-50 prospect at best, the EU ambassador to the World Trade Organisation said.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 14 (IPS) - Caribbean governments have alleged that the  European Union is trying to prevent them from signing trade deals  with other poor countries on their own terms.
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HAMBURG, Germany  - The European Union urged China on Monday to open its markets to help redress a "huge" trade surplus with the bloc and called on it to ratify a key rights covenant.