Australia says last hurdle cleared for US free trade deal
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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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WASHINGTON: The United States said on Friday it will adhere to its international obligations on anti-dumping efforts, after the World Trade Organization gave seven trading powers, including the European Union, a final green light to levy multimillion
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HONG KONG Brushing aside Chinese warnings of a possible challenge at the World Trade Organization, a senior US trade official said here on Friday that the United States would limit apparel imports if American manufacturers provided evidence that such
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The Australian government will not move to block a foreign takeover of  airline Qantas, the prime minister says.
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A bill that would end a nasty trade war with Europe and shower more than &#36;140 billion in tax breaks on American companies is nearing congressional approval.
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The United States hailed on Tuesday its partial free trade deal with Israel and Egypt as &quot;a very important development.&quot;.
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Australia's widely criticised "Pacific Solution" policy of holding asylum seekers on remote islands ended Friday when the last detainees flew out of Nauru, the government said.
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Australia's widely criticised "Pacific Solution" policy of holding asylum seekers on remote islands was due to end Friday with the departure of the last refugees from Nauru, the government said.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corporation yesterday agreed to be bound by key Australian rules when it reincorporates in the US. This will restrict Murdoch family&#39;s ability to
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The United States expects to  complete free-trade talks with Malaysia by end-June 2008, a  U.S. trade official said on Monday.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has brushed aside fears that a projected joint security declaration with Japan would harm his country's ties with China, press reports said.
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Australia&#39;s foreign minister, Alexander Downer, has wrapped up talks in North Korea on the stand-off over the country&#39;s efforts to develop nuclear weapons.
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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.
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Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said he was confident the Association of Southeast Asian Nations would agree to begin talks on a free trade deal with Australia and New Zealand during a summit next week.
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Australia may not want to go to war with China, but it could get dragged in by the US, writes Robert Ayson.
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The United States has agreed to cut its maximum agricultural subsidies in a "significant step" towards advancing negotiations on a new global trade pact, the mediator of the farm talks said on Thursday.
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Australia has signed a deal guaranteeing access to the latest US submarine combat technology, further strengthening military ties between Washington and Canberra.