The TPP was already as ambitious as any trade negotiation in the world.

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Democratic House Leader Dick Gephardt said today he will introduce a more palatable version of fast-track trade negotiation legislation later this week.

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So, given this simplicity why actually are we having a negotiation about free trade at all?

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Indeed, Schwab's office has noted that more than 100 regional trade agreements are now under negotiation.

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Another area of negotiation is IP and trade secrets .

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To encourage Russia's economic interest in the reset, the Obama administration is pushing hard for Russian membership of the World Trade Organisation, which has been under negotiation for nearly 20 years.

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There has been a lengthy negotiation to arrive at a free trade agreement.

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This agreement would not have been possible had it not been for Nissan's negotiation of new working practices with Spanish trade unions.

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On March 26, representatives of Japan, China, and Korea met in Seoul for the first negotiation aimed at reaching a tri-lateral free trade agreement.

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Yesterday, May 9, representatives of Japan, China, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, India, and the ten countries of ASEAN convened in Brunei for the inaugural negotiation of what is hoped will become by 2015 the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement.

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