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UK's WTO negotiations seen as preceding FTA talks with U.S.

October 27, 2016 at 12:40 PM
The United Kingdom would welcome a free trade deal with the United States, but will be unable to negotiate one in the near term because it must first establish its global trade relations, according to former EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton. Ashton was the UK representative under President Jose Manuel Barroso as Trade Commissioner from 2008-2009 and then High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy from 2009-2014. “First of all [the UK] has to get its...

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