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As with many trade deals announced around a state visit, it seems the headline number might be a little misleading.

Talks aimed at getting all African countries to sign up to ambitious regional trade deals failed to break the deadlock.

But if his wife or one of her Democratic rivals captures the White House next year, they promise a more skeptical look at trade deals.

Marginally useful as the trade deals may be, they hardly add up to a "strategic association" between the two continents.

The comments come as the debate is heating up in Washington over pending trade deals with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama.

In a statement, President Obama described congressional passage of the trade deals as "a major win for American workers and businesses" .

Other nations will also 'have more courage' to sign trade deals with Taiwan, he said.

Because such a move would turn the political logic of preferential trade deals on its head.

says that many of the hundreds of drinks Diageo sells owe their place in the world to the EU's ability to negotiate trade deals.

But, those apart, it seemed a time when America could ignore foreign wars in favour of building trade deals and perking up growth at home.

Despite America's debt woes, the US dollar is still being used in the vast majority of international trade deals.

Among other things, the yuan is now used to settle trade deals and to denominate tranches of investments.

The U. S. already has trade deals with Chile, Singapore and Peru, but the TPP would cover a broader set of issues.

As a second step, we are pursuing new cutting-edge trade deals that raise the standards for fair competition even as they open new markets.

Japanese manufacturers are terrified of being shut out of trade deals and handing a huge cost advantage to (chiefly South Korean) rivals.

Now the industries that used to push hard for multilateral liberalisation are settling for bilateral trade deals, red tape and all.

The trade deals were opposed by groups including the AFL- CIO, the largest U. S. labor federation and a frequent Democratic ally.

A host of small trade deals were signed by Mr Cable as he started three days of trade talks with Beijing counterparts.

Human rights in Iran have always been the victim of lucrative trade deals between Iran and the Western governments.

Of the new inducements, trade deals called Economic Partnership Agreements are the ones Europe thinks will help Africa most.

These flawed trade deals are the wrong medicine at the wrong time, Trumka said in a statement yesterday.

America's final tactic for dealing with China is to set up trade deals with groups of countries, and hope China will feel compelled to join.

Taiwan has seen itself left out of trade deals among neighbors, due to China's interference.

The talks at the White House came after a flurry of trade deals between American and Vietnamese firms.

In recent years, the U. S. Congress has approved free-trade deals with Central American nations and Peru.

Lamy further expressed disappointment at the rise in bilateral trade deals in the wake of the suspension of Doha Round negotiations.

The economic consideration - interest and trade deals - will come next, it's not a primary concern, but it's a concern definitely.

South Korea is arranging to help small and medium businesses with $5 billion, through various trade deals.

There are now more than 250 bilateral and regional trade deals, double the number of a decade ago, and many more are being negotiated.

before George Bush lost the right to send Congress new trade deals under the fast-track rules that limit lawmakers' ability to amend them.

Regional trade deals are not always a good idea.

Thus discriminatory trade deals do not just hurt those left out.

They are sensible enough, though some, like a moratorium on bilateral trade deals, seem overly idealistic.

Still, 'we should not do trade deals just to do a deal, ' he said.

"I did not just start criticizing unfair trade deals like NAFTA because I started running for president, " said Barack Obama.

Besides the intra-Asian trade deals, Asian states are creating new security institutions with ASEAN as the core.

The island has trade deals only with five Latin American countries, which buy a tiny slice of its exports.

He also urged lawmakers to approve a patent overhaul, free-trade deals and an infrastructure-funding bank.

On his trip, Bush will be accelerating this process by advancing new bilateral-trade deals from Australia to Thailand.

THE negotiators can pat themselves on the back as many times as they like, but that doesn't make bilateral trade deals good economic policy.

In a nutshell: Keep up the momentum on free-trade deals.

Bilateral trade deals, food aid, and special preferences have further distorted trade flows in agriculture.

It wants to slowly dethrone the almighty dollar as the currency of choice in most global trade deals.

Occasional rhetorical orchids are tossed towards pending free-trade deals with Panama, Colombia and Korea.

And American exporters should be concerned that while Washington dawdles, other countries are going ahead with their own trade deals.

The European Union has played its part by enforcing internal competition rules and promoting a multitude of free-trade deals.

Getting these trade deals through Congress won't be easy, although Mr. Obama may find new allies in the Republican-controlled House.

Commissioners forge trade deals with the outside world, and scrutinise countries wanting to join the EU.

In the primaries, Obama tried to assuage these concerns by bashing NAFTA and other trade deals, but he largely failed.

In any event, there are geopolitical bargains and lucrative trade deals to be struck with repressive regimes.

Mr. Ma has suggested that Beijing will ease its opposition to Taiwan negotiating bilateral trade deals after ECFA.

The Squibs love haggling, and are gifted at crafting convoluted and ultimately very rewarding trade deals.

Trade deals with Colombia and Panama have also languished without Congressional action.

The Bush administration wants Congress to approve new trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama.

Regional trade deals limited to East Asia or East-plus-South Asia would not have more traction.

Trade deals were made, and will be announced, but they are merely the ongoing public face of trade deals, not the real meat.

Important trade deals have been languishing for months.

According to sources at five banks that process international trade deals, Chinese companies have jumped on these opportunities with gusto.

The looming China debate could overshadow Mr. Bush's attempts to secure new market-opening trade deals.

But it is simply dishonest to pretend that pending trade deals are pivotal in achieving the export target.

Some regional trade deals in the right circumstances have indeed added to economic well-being.

The US has recently ratified trade deals with Colombia, Panama and South Korea after long delays.

the almighty dollar as the currency of choice in most global trade deals.

In the six months to the end of March 2011, Chinese businesses invested $64. 3bn in Europe in acquisitions, trade deals and loan agreements.

Trade deals by companies in China long have been done in dollars or other foreign currencies.

The two nations agreed to 20 trade deals covering new energy, agriculture, cotton and non-ferrous metal imports.

Now if only Mr Obama can deliver those trade deals, two cheers from business may become three.

The vote also calls into question pending free trade deals with South Korea and Panama.

Other countries are racing ahead on crafting trade deals, and we're standing still, which means you're falling behind and ceding market.

Meanwhile, international companies still prefer to settle trade deals using the dollar.

Now, we have learned that, in our system, getting trade deals right is challenging, painstaking work.

Should free traders applaud the rise of preferential trade deals?

The benefits of concluding trade deals are certain and accrue in the short term.

He also favours tougher standards on labour and the environment in trade deals.

Trade deals by companies in China have typically been done in dollars or other foreign currencies.

Global trade deals routinely stretch on for more than a decade.

America, for example, offers trade deals to strategic allies as a reward for fighting the war on drugs or stabilising the Middle East.

But negotiating trade deals is slow and contentious.

Tim, This is not news. What is the to congress going to do about it? Make more trade deals to finish us off?

In the future, trade deals will either not involve every WTO member, a so-called plurilateral deal, or will be limited in scope.

UNESCAP economist Shamika Sirimanne says the trade deals make a difference.

President Barack Obama on a 10-day tour of Asia has announced $10bn worth of trade deals with India.

Indeed, most of the yuan-based trade deals so far have involved Chinese companies using the Chinese currency to buy goods from others.

For all these reasons, it is cloud-nine politics to expect strong, comprehensive trade deals in Asia any time soon.

a visit to Naypyidaw by Chinese premier Wen Jiabao last week saw the two countries sign some 15 trade deals.

Mr Yudhoyono was recently feted in India, where he signed $15 billion-worth of trade deals.

Nor are region wide trade deals a panacea.

If America sits on the sidelines while other nations sign trade deals, we will lose the chance to create jobs on our shores.

It maintains a strict fiscal policy and its 21 trade deals with 57 nations reflect an economy that is much more open than that of Brazil.

In 2006 alone, it signed trade deals with African countries worth $60bn.

But the odds of more trade deals are slim.

In South Korea, for example, President Lee is pushing free-trade deals on a nation that has benefited hugely from globalization.

Washington doesn't obsess about these three bilateral trade deals because they are important: it obsesses about them because they are there.

In that time he has signaled his intention to seek trade deals with other Asian nations.

Most recently, Hong Kong banks have begun allowing businesses to settle their trade deals in yuan instead of dollars.

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