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EU, US clear way for game-changing trade deal - 13 February 2013 - News

Leaders on both sides of the Atlantic have given the green light to start negotiations for a free trade agreement establishing the largest economic alliance in the world, which already accounts for some €455bn in trade and millions of jobs.

In move towards trade talks, EU to lift ban on some US meats - 05 February 2013 - News

The European Union dropped its ban on some US meat imports on Monday (4 February) in a gesture aimed at starting talks on a free-trade pact that would encompass about half the world's economic output.

De Gucht: Getting EU out of the crisis helps trading partners - 08 October 2012 - Interview

With the growing interdependence of global economies, the EU’s trading partners cannot let Europe down and have every reason to help lift the continent out of the crisis, because by helping us, “they help themselves,” EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht tells EurActiv in an interview.

EU-Latin America trade deals in troubled water - 28 June 2012 - News

The European Commission has hailed an EU trade agreement signed Tuesday (26 June) with Colombia and Peru as an exciting investment opportunity but NGOs and trade unions have expressed concerns over social and human rights record of the Latin American countries.

Brussels seeks 'reciprocity' in trade deals - 21 March 2012 - News

The European Union could block non-EU companies from bidding for government contracts if European firms continue to struggle to win public tenders abroad, the European Commission said today (21 March), in a move that could sharply escalate trade tensions.

Belgian tax authorities investigate EU trade chief - 11 January 2012 - News

European Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht is under investigation for the purchase of a house in Italy, Belgian authorities have confirmed.

WTO chief says Doha countdown has begun - 01 December 2010 - News

Political leaders want negotiators to deliver a global trade deal next year and the clock has started ticking on intensified talks, the head of the World Trade Organisation said yesterday (30 November).

EU trade chief hopes to reach Mercosur deal by mid-2011 - 15 September 2010 - News

The European Union hopes to reach an accord with South American trade bloc Mercosur by mid-2011 as negotiators iron out details on tough issues such as farm aid and intellectual property, the EU's trade chief Karel De Gucht said yesterday (14 September).

EU wants US to jump-start Doha trade talks - 23 March 2010 - News

The European Union cannot make more concessions on farm trade to restart stalled world trade talks and the United States must make the first move, the EU's new trade chief said on Monday (22 March).

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