Trade Dispute

* Latin America seeks integration, yet divided in terms of trade * Pacific Alliance advocates free trade, foreign investment * Tariff elimination begins in July By Eduardo Garcia BOGOTA, May 23 (Reuters) - A Latin American bloc that includes Colombia,...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will seek the support of EU governments to launch talks with China on an investment pact that could be a precursor to a free-trade deal if Brussels and Beijing can overcome growing tensions. EU trade chief...

Disputes over the government's sugar program break down regionally rather than politically. It pits lawmakers from states like Pennsylvania where candy making is big business against those from states where sugar is grown. Helping to lead the candy...

SINGAPORE/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Southeast Asia's largest bank merger now depends largely on cooperation between Singaporean authorities and Indonesian politicians. Indonesia's central bank gave Singapore's DBS Group Holdings Ltd its long-awaited approval...

(Repeats with no changes in text) By Frank Jack Daniel and Rajesh Kumar Singh NEW DELHI, May 22 (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, smiling and effusive, was out to smooth ruffled feathers in India this week, promising to ease tensions and...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union wants to exempt state control of utilities and support for creative industries from free trade talks with the United States due to start next month, the latest draft of Brussels' negotiating mandate showed on...

* EU says FTA with China would depend on concessions from Beijing * Countries worry that considering an FTA sends wrong message * Bloc wants to expand access to raw materials jointly with China By Ethan Bilby BRUSSELS, May 21 (Reuters) - The...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is willing to deepen trade ties with China but wants to see concessions from Beijing first, documents seen by Reuters on Tuesday showed. At the same time as EU regulators are ramping up trade pressure on Beijing by...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will delay final decisions on about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the Energy Department and others on what impact the exports would have on...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department on Friday conditionally approved a Texas company's proposal to export liquefied natural gas, only the second such project allowed to move forward amid a production boom that has led to glut of domestic natural...

NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters) - Freeport LNG, one of the first natural gas importers to switch gears and target exports, has been given the green light by U.S. regulators to sell frozen gas to non-Free Trade nations, with Japanese utilities and BP Plc...

* Ankara fears being sidelined by U.S.-EU trade deal * Obama, Erdogan launch initiative to deepen trade * Turkey-U.S. trade doubled to $20 billion in past decade By Nick Tattersall WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - Turkey is pushing for involvement in...