Trade deals elusive as WTO talks run beyond deadline
Abu Dhabi (AFP) - Negotiators were locked in a standoff Friday following overnight trade talks as a major WTO conference...
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‘Difficult discussions’ as WTO talks run beyond deadline
Abu Dhabi (AFP) - The world's trade ministers were locked in deadlocked negotiations Friday following overnight talks as a major...
Dozens arrested at farmers’ protest on Champs-Elysees in Paris
Paris (AFP) - French police arrested dozens of people Friday at a farmers' protest on the Champs-Elysees in central Paris...
Crime groups shifting to fraud schemes in EU: bloc’s prosecutor
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Organised criminal groups are switching from riskier drug rackets to fraud in the EU and many...
‘Difficult discussions’ as WTO talks extended for third time
Abu Dhabi (AFP) - The world's trade ministers entered a last stretch of talks on Friday following overnight negotiations as...
Swiss central bank head steps down in surprise move
Zurich (AFP) - The head of Switzerland's central bank, Thomas Jordan, will step down in September after 12 years in...
French farmers protest near Paris’s Arc de Triomphe
Paris (AFP) - French farmers blocked traffic around Paris's famed Arc de Triomphe monument with tractors and bales of hay,...
WTO ministers struggle to forge deals as talks go into overtime
Abu Dhabi (AFP) - World trade ministers were locked in disagreement on fisheries subsidies, agriculture and digital customs duties as...
Divided G20 blocked by ‘impasse’ over Ukraine, Gaza
Sao Paulo (AFP) - The first G20 finance ministers' meeting of the year ended Thursday without a joint statement due...
G20 hears a $250-billion-a-year idea: tax the super-rich
Sao Paulo (AFP) - French economist Gabriel Zucman brought a $250-billion-a-year idea to top policy makers from the world's biggest...
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