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Pacific Trade Partners Working on Final Stages for Agreement: U.S. Official

Pacific Rim trading partners are working to resolve the last thorny issues in sealing an ambitious free trade pact and are likely to have further high-level talks next month, a senior U.S. trade official said on Wednesday. Acting Deputy U.S. …

EU Supports French Demand; Trade Talks with U.S. Should not Cover Culture

European Union lawmakers have backed French demands to exempt culture from a proposed free-trade pact between Europe and the United States, keeping Paris on side and raising the chances that the talks can start on time. The European Parliament’s influential …

U.S., UK Want Financial Services Included as Part of Trade Pact

The United States and the UK aim to include financial services in a proposed free-trade agreement between Washington and the 27-nation European Union, the British Ambassador to the United States said on Thursday. The accord would aim to smooth out …

U.S., European Union Struggle to Overcome Regulatory Barriers

The United States and the European Union, stung by past failures to liberalize trade, are struggling over how to tackle regulatory barriers in areas ranging from financial services to chemicals that pose the biggest obstacle to a transatlantic free trade …

Starr’s Greenberg: China ‘Eager to Begin Talks’ on Free Trade Pact with U.S.

China is eager to begin talks on a free trade pact with the United States and key leaders seem willing to step away from the state capitalism Beijing has been pursuing, a senior U.S executive with access to China’s leadership …