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Anbang Insurance, Kushner End Manhattan Talks as Lawmakers Cite Conflicts

China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co. and a company co-owned by the family of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner have ended talks to redevelop a Manhattan office tower, a deal that had drawn scrutiny from lawmakers citing ethics concerns. “Kushner …

Africa’s Pirates Have Demands for Insurers – and a Letterhead, Too

Welcome to the Pirate Action Group. Pirate commander Jamal wishes to congratulate you on being hijacked. Kindly speak to his negotiator about your ransom, bearing in mind that his demands are similar for every vessel he seizes. This is not …

U.S. Eyes WTO Services Pacts Amid Doha Stall

The United States is making a push for a group of countries within the World Trade Organization to start talks to liberalize trade in services, even if big developing countries like China, India and Brazil don’t want to join, U.S. …

Euro Zone Ministers Reject Private Bondholders’ Offer on Greek Bonds

Euro zone finance ministers on Monday rejected as insufficient an offer made by private bondholders to help restructure Greece’s debts, sending negotiators back to the drawing board and raising the threat of Greek default. At a meeting in Brussels, ministers …

WTO Risks its Future by Keeping Doha Talks Alive

The 153 members of the World Trade Organization agree on two things: We’re in a hole. And we must keep digging. The hole is the Doha Development Round, a decade-old negotiation that was billed as the next stage of trade …

Transatlantic Says in Talks with Fourth Suitor

Bermuda-based reinsurer Transatlantic Holdings Inc , which has been at the center of a months-long buyout battle, said it entered talks and signed a confidentiality agreement with a fourth, unnamed, suitor. Transatlantic is already in discussions with Validus Holdings Ltd., …

NZ Minister Says Deal in Global Climate Talks ‘Still within Reach’

A global deal on a pact to succeed the U.N.’s main climate agreement is still within reach but will not be struck this year, with the pace of talks still far too slow, New Zealand’s top climate negotiator said on …

WTO’s Lamy Sees Paralysis in Global Trade Talks

The head of the World Trade Organization castigated its 153 members on Tuesday for failing to agree a watered-down global trade deal by December and called for “an adult conversation” over what to do next. “What we are seeing today …

More to Explore for Doha World Trade Deal, EU Says

The European Union presented world trade negotiators with a last-minute plan to rescue stalled free trade talks on Friday, saying there were still avenues of negotiation to explore after 10 years of trying. In a presentation to a key meeting …

Doha Round Trade Talks Deadlock Puts a Price on Free Trade