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EU, Mercosur aim to make world’s biggest trade bloc by end of 2019

The EU and Japan will soon become the world’s biggest free trade area. But this record might be short-lived with Brussels chasing a deal with South America’s Mercosur, EU’s Cecilia Malmström has said. After the trade...

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A tough year for free trade

Donald Trump in the US and rising populist parties in Europe – 2016 wasn’t a good year for advocates of free trade. Recent studies have identified some key aspects of globalization that nativists fear most....

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With TTIP talks stuttering, free trade is meeting its limits

Points of discord remain, time is running thin, and the public mood is souring on free trade – does TTIP stand a chance? The EU and the US are meeting for the 14th time, and...

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Is TTIP in crisis?

The free trade negotiations between the EU and the US in Brussels this week are not going well. This time the Americans are dragging their feet, and there’s talk of a trimmed-down version of TTIP....

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US & EU: Small steps towards great leap in transatlantic economic integration

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is set to unite two of the worlds largest trading bloc in an union that promises great economic benefits. They are in process of negotiations but with many...