
EU, US agree to start free trade talks at G-8
The European Union and the United States will open negotiations next month on a long-sought deal to create free trade between the world's two ...

Sweeping US-EU trade talks to start in July
A top European Union official says talks on a sweeping new free trade agreement between the EU and the US will begin next month. Jose Manuel Barroso, ...
Obama: US will host first talks on EU trade deal
President Barack Obama says the U.S. will host the first round of negotiations toward a broad trade deal with the European Union next month in ...
EU official: Trade deal with US a 'game-changer'
The top official with the European Union's executive arm says a free trade deal with the United States would be a "game-changer" for the global ...

G-8 leaders to mull Syria, tax evasion, free trade
Police are expected to outnumber protesters Monday at the G-8 summit in Northern Ireland, where leaders will seek to narrow their differences on ...

G8 faces uncertain recoveries, turbulent markets
Europe is mired in debt and recession. Financial markets have hit violent ups and downs on fears that U.S. stimulus efforts may soon be scaled back.

Obama trade dilemma: Scant support from Democrats
President Barack Obama is aggressively pushing an ambitious agenda to liberalize global trading. But already political trade wars are forming, and ...

EU gets deal on trans-Atlantic trade pact mandate
The European Union worked around French objections on Friday to agree on a free trade negotiating mandate for sweeping talks with the United States ...

Launch of US-EU trade talks may be hitting snag
One of the big goals of President Barack Obama's upcoming trip to Europe may be in jeopardy, with French objections threatening to hold up the launch ...

France threatens veto of EU-US trade deal
A cloud is hanging over the upcoming free-trade talks between the European Union and the United States after France said it won't back any deal that ...

2 Koreas to hold senior-level meeting in Seoul
North and South Korea agreed Monday to hold senior-level talks this week in Seoul, a breakthrough of sorts to ease tensions after Pyongyang's recent ...

Japan and France to tighten nuclear, defense ties
Japan and France agreed Friday to deepen their cooperation on nuclear technology and to discuss joint development of military equipment, vowing to ...

China frustration with NKorea offers hope for US
China's growing frustration with longtime ally North Korea offers the United States a glimmer of hope about a once unthinkable prospect: holding ...

China slams EU solar duties, launches wine probe
China announced a trade investigation of European wine Wednesday after the European Union hit Chinese exporters of solar panels with anti-dumping ...

ITC bans iPhone 4 imports
A U.S. trade agency on Tuesday issued a ban on imports of Apple's iPhone 4 and a variant of the iPad 2 after finding the devices violate a patent held ...

EU slaps levies on Chinese solar panel imports
The European Union says it will impose anti-dumping levies on imports of Chinese solar panels, in a move that could trigger a trade war between two ...

US trade deficit up 8.5 percent to $40.3 billion
The U.S. trade deficit widened in April, as demand for foreign cars, cell phones and other imported goods outpaced growth in U.S. exports.
More than 65 countries sign Arms Trade Treaty
More than 65 countries signed the landmark treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade Monday and the United States announced it will ...

China drawn to Mexico's opening economy
China has invested heavily in resource-rich Latin America in recent years, striking major trade deals with governments from Venezuela to Argentina.
Iceland's president to speak in Maine
The emergence of northern shipping routes with the melting of the polar ice cap will transform global shipping in the next 10 to 20 years much the way ...

NKorea sanctions squeeze cash for aid groups
New international sanctions aimed at thwarting North Korea's nuclear weapons program are having unintended consequences: halting money transfers by ...
Attorney: Iran satellite case based on fear
An attorney for an Iranian-American man accused of illegally helping Iran launch its first satellite urged jurors Wednesday during closing arguments ...

Germany: Merkel vows to avoid trade war with China
Germany's chancellor says she will use her country's economic clout to hinder the European Union from imposing punitive tariffs on some Chinese ...

China, Switzerland to seal free trade deal
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is in Switzerland to seal a free trade pact with the Alpine nation — the first comprehensive agreement his country has ...
Key senator to let Myanmar sanctions bill lapse
Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, easing up on his long-held tough stance on Myanmar, said Tuesday he planned to allow key sanctions legislation ...