Australia says US trade deal will start on time
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Australia and the United States have missed a key deadline for their free trade agreement (FTA) but Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile said on Monday he remained confident the deal would start as planned on January 1.
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Southeast Asian nations, Australia and New Zealand hope to conclude a free trade agreement (FTA) by 2007 after beginning formal negotiations next year, Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile said on Sunday.
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President George W. Bush hopes to spur momentum for a world trade pact and a global target on climate change at this week's APEC summit in Sydney, but host Australia has warned not to expect binding greenhouse targets.
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SANTIAGO  - Australia and the United States exchanged letters on a free trade agreement after clearing last minute obstacles, Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile said.
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CAIRNS, Australia  - A deal to free up world trade could be delayed several years if no progress is made by the end of 2007, the United States said on Thursday, as it stepped up criticism of India and Brazil over failed talks.
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Cambodia and the United States have agreed to start negotiations that could lead to a free trade agreement after US elections this year, Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh said.
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The European Union and the United  States said on Monday they still hoped to seal a long-delayed  global trade deal in 2008, and trade ministers this week could  help pave the way for a breakthrough soon.
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The United States said on Thursday it remained ready to cut a deal with the European Union to settle a multi-billion dollar trade row over state aid to plane makers as lawyers from both sides prepared for battle.
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Southeast Asian trade ministers meeting in Jakarta proposed starting free-trade negotiations with Australia and New Zealand next year to boost exports and investment in the region.
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The top U.S. trade negotiator   said on Sunday before meeting a group of developing nations the   United States was committed to a successful outcome of current   world trade talks.
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Australia played down US fears that amendments attached to pharmaceutical provisions in their free trade agreement could delay its implementation.
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Investor's Business Daily - Trade negotiators may be near a breakthrough, said U.S. Trade Rep. Susan Schwab. The Bush administration is hoping, after over 6 years of fractious talks, to overcome divisions over tariffs, subsidies and other trade rules, and produce a new global pact before Pres. Bush leaves office. Rich nations want lower tariffs on industrial goods and services; poor nations want farm subsidies and tariffs scrapped.
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The White House on Thursday confirmed that an agreement had been reached with Congress on an economic growth package and said President George W. Bush was expected to make a statement later in the day.
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Trade ministers from the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have agreed with New Zealand and Australia to recommend the launch of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement.
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Australia may try to negotiate a new defense and security treaty with Indonesia, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Sunday. A bilateral security agreeement the two neighbors
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The European Union will open talks in coming days on whether and when to impose sanctions on US goods, the bloc&#39;s executive says, a day after winning WTO backing over the &quot;Byrd&quot; anti-dumping law.
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Australia will seal a security  relationship with Japan next week stronger than its defense  ties with any country except the United States, but Prime  Minister John Howard dismissed concerns it would harm ties with  China.