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China, EU reach comprehensive investment agreement

China and the European Union (EU) reached a comprehensive bilateral investment agreement on Wednesday.China and the EU, the world's two major economies, launched the negotiations for the agreement in

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Argentina seeks support to avoid debt default

02:06 Argentina is attempting to resolve its debt crisis - and avoid a ninth default in the country's history. Latin America's third-largest economy aims to restructure around $100 bil

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US 'a long way' from negotiations with DPRK: Tillerson

Washington'stopdiplomatRexTillersonsaidThursdaytheUnitedStateswas"alongwayfromnegotiations"withtheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK),whichthisweekmadeashoc

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Abbas tells India PM he seeks multi-country peace mediation

PalestinianPresidentMahmoudAbbastoldvisitingIndianPrimeMinisterNarendraModionSaturdaythatheiscountingonIndia'ssupportforamulti-countrysponsorshipofanyfutureIsra

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Mexico, Canada react to Trump’s threat of terminating NAFTA

MexicanForeignMinisterLuisVidegaraycalledTrump’scommentstoterminatethere-negotiationsontheNorthAmericanFreeTradeAgreement(NAFTA)anegotiatingtactic,notasurprise,

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S.Korea, U.S. launch 1st special session of KORUS Free Trade Agreement

SouthKoreaandtheUnitedStatesonTuesdaylaunchedthefirstspecialsessionoftheJointCommitteeundertheSouthKorea-U.S.FreeTradeAgreement(KORUS).SouthKoreanTradeMinisterK

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Putin says Syria talks in Astana helped revive Geneva

Talks on consolidating the Syrian ceasefire held in Kazakhstan this year helped jumpstart the United Nations-led peace negotiations in Geneva, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.

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Colombia: Peace talks with ELN rebel group begin

Rebels from Colombia's ELN left-wing group and government negotiators have begun talks seeking to end more than five decades of conflict.

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EU-U.S. trade deal talks face headwinds in Europe

As Brussels and Washington are struggling to conclude a landmark bilateral trade talks by the end of this year, recent intensified critique from European politicians, along with year-long protests, cast doubt and uncertainty over the deal's future.

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France rules out imminent EU-US trade deal, wants talks halted

France said Tuesday it wanted to halt thorny EU-US trade talks as President Francois Hollande underlined there would be no deal until after President Barack Obama leaves office in January.

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France seeks halt to talks on EU-US trade deal

France said Tuesday it will call on the European Commission to suspend negotiations on a massive trade deal between the European Union and the United States, which it complained are unfairly weighted in favour of the Americans.

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EU says "ball is rolling" on TTIP talks

The European Commission is making steady progress in the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations and "the ball is rolling" on it, a spokesman of the European Union's (EU) executive body said on Monday.

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South China Sea arbitration likely to stir more regional tensions: Italian expert

The forthcoming arbitration on the South China Sea dispute by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague is likely to stir more tensions in the region, said an Italian expert.

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Mainland voices opposition to artificial barriers to cross-Strait negotiations

​The Chinese mainland opposes any attempt to undermine the foundation of cross-Strait negotiations or imposition of artificial barriers to related process and the development of cross-Strait relations, a mainland spokesperson said Wednesday.

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S.Korea, Japan agree to make efforts at RCEP, trilateral FTA with China

​South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Monday to make efforts to speed up negotiations and reach rapid agreements on the China-South Korea-Japan free trade agreement (FTA) and the regional comprehensive economic partnership (RCEP), Park's office said.

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China, U.S. to exchange second offers of negative lists in early September

China and the United States will exchange the second offers of negative lists, which outline sectors closed to foreign investment, for negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) in early September, a senior Chinese official said on Wednesday.

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China, U.S. to focus on length, quality of negative lists in investment treaty talks

​China and the United States will focus on the length and quality of negative lists that outline sectors closed to foreign investment during the next two rounds of negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty (BIT), a senior Chinese official said Tuesday.