Trade Dispute

* 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...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turkey is pushing for involvement in a proposed free trade pact between the United States and Europe which it fears could leave it sidelined and hamper its ambitions to become a top 10 economy over the next decade. Trade was high...

* UK would need to negotiate new free trade rules with partners * UK would drop out of US-EU trade talks and other bilateral deals * City of London expected to suffer from lack of say in EU rules By Tom Miles GENEVA, May 16 (Reuters) - As British...

* US-EU trade talks may start next month * France pushing to exclude audio-visual sector * EU's trade head, US envoy, urge that be avoided BRUSSELS, May 16 (Reuters) - European Union trade chief Karel de Gucht urged EU members on Thursday not to...

In a May 7 Op-Ed article, Richard Greenwald and Michael Hirsch exhort consumers to support the workers who make our clothes rather than the global apparel industry that exploits them with low wages and unsafe working conditions. Yet exactly how we...

WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday said a proposed free trade agreement between the European Union and United States should cover all sectors, drawing a contrast with France, which wants to leave out sensitive...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. automakers called on Congress to take action in response to the falling value of the Japanese yen, which they said has hurt their exports and was a good reason to keep Japan out of a proposed U.S.-led free trade pact. "It's...

* EU says Indian producers were undercutting local firms * Efforts to deepen EU-India trade are stalled BRUSSELS, May 8 (Reuters) - The European Union has imposed provisional duties on India's exports of stainless steel wire to counter dumping that...

* EU-U.S. trade talks expected to last two years * China fears deal could be protectionist move BRUSSELS, May 7 (Reuters) - China has raised concerns about European Union plans to negotiate an ambitious free trade deal with the United States, fearing it...

By Alonso Soto and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA, May 7 (Reuters) - Roberto Azevedo, picked on Tuesday to head the World Trade Organization, is in every respect the quintessential Brazilian diplomat: a well-spoken, competent and smooth negotiator with a...

* Obama, Park stress unity in face of N.Korea threats * Park not sure what's behind recent quiet from Pyongyang * Bilateral trade pact has boosted exports - Obama By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - The United States and South Korea vowed...

SAO PAULO, Brazil--Roberto Azevedo of Brazil has been elected the first Latin American director-general of the World Trade Organization, the global body charged with moving forward stalled trade agreement talks. The choice of Azevedo over close rival...