Brussels was left on the sidelines, hosting conferences about future trade relationships with North Africa.
Last year Australia said it would not include investor-state arbitration in future trade agreements.
But attempts at greater trade liberalisation are hampered by disagreements about the nature of any future trade deal.
Without it, all future trade agreements involving the U.S. are uncertain, and without meaningful U.S. involvement, the Doha round is essentially history.
The world will be watching to see if it can effectively address a current crisis while maintaining its commitment to future trade reform.
AFL-CIO, America's largest trade-union group, that, if elected president in November, he would tack labour and environmental clauses on to future trade deals.
The US would like any future trade talks to have a narrow agenda, focusing on further opening up of trade in agriculture and services.
In a larger sense, the TPP has the potential to be a model not only for the Asia Pacific but for future trade agreements.
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Future trade could be undertaken through this strictly controlled system to Japan or any other interested trading partner that complied with CITES' criteria and met the same levels of control.
If done right, TPP will serve as a model for future trade deals, providing a much-needed boost to our economy and creating the kinds of jobs that are critical for our long-term success.
Pessimistic types painted a dark future of trade wars and capital controls.
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If Congress does not renew it, all future free-trade agreements stand to be encumbered by Congressional amendments.
So guarding against Melissa-like viruses in the future may involve trade-offs, observers say.
Also, it would have secured by now the fast-track negotiating authority so essential to the viability of future free-trade initiatives.
He claims (implausibly, say some suspicious liberals) that he did try, albeit unsuccessfully, to persuade Mr Delors not to let French farmers hold the future of world trade in the Uruguay round to ransom.
For many publicans looking to the future of the licensed trade, their glass is half empty.
The course is intended to provide students with a global and international understanding of the issues faced by the profession, and to develop new skills relevant to the Champagne industry, as well as developing future leaders for the trade.
The free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia is in many ways more about the future direction of Latin America than about trade policy.
All the apprentices know they are not only learning a trade for their future they are breathing new life into skills from the past.
While the expectation of Dickey consistently repeating his 2012 performance in the years to come is unfair and unrealistic for a 38 year old journey man pitcher, his greatest contribution to the Mets could be as a part of a trade that secures future success for the franchise.
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Meanwhile, the Freight Trade Association said the future of the south Wales economy was "severely hamstrung" without the relief road.
Education and training are the key to any country's future, and without them free trade may prove more of a threat to Latin America than an opportunity.
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Both governments are much keener to talk about the future - the potential for further trade between partners who already do business worth one billion Euros a week.
The Magic, who long endured the disgruntled Howard's trade demands, got one future first-round pick each from the Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers and Denver Nuggets.
DC, to discuss the future of the North American Free-Trade Agreement.
In the past, too little stress was laid on preparing Southeast Asia's peoples for a future in which they will conduct more trade and exchanges with one another than with outsiders.
But even if Juilliard applications don't spike in the near future, kids can collect the clips and trade 'em with friends.
The Commissioner for EU Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Fule told MEPs that any future "enhanced status" for Tunisia on trade relations had to ensure greater protection of fundamental rights.
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