ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland, June 17- The United States and the European Union launched talks on Monday to create one of the world's most ambitious free-trade zones, as France again underscored its determination to protect its movies and culture.
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland, June 17- The United States and the European Union launched negotiations for the world's most ambitious free-trade deal on Monday, promising thousands of new jobs and accelerated growth on both sides of the Atlantic.
BERNE, June 17- The European Union official in charge of tax policy tried to persuade Switzerland on Monday to agree to surrender more information about clients of its big banking industry as part of a drive to combat tax evasion. "Switzerland can gain from a stronger tax agreement with the EU with automatic exchange of information at its core.
BRUSSELS, June 17- European Union antitrust regulators will give unconditional approval to IntercontinentalExchange's $8.2 billion offer for NYSE Euronext, two people familiar with the matter said on Monday.
PARIS, June 16- France's ruling Socialists on Sunday called for a weaker euro and changes to EU rules on budget deficits, accusing the center-right governments of Britain and Germany of creating economic hardship across the European Union.
*Washington, Brussels want free trade deal by end of 2014. *France trying to shield French culture from Hollywood. LUXEMBOURG, June 14- France cleared the European Union to launch free-trade talks with the United States on Friday after fellow EU members accepted its demand to shield movies and online entertainment from the might of Hollywood and Silicon Valley.
ZURICH, June 14- Switzerland should be ready to exchange bank information automatically with the European Union in return for access to financial markets, an expert panel said on Friday, a move that would lift the last vestige of its tradition of banking secrecy.
June 14- The European Union will try to overcome French resistance to free-trade talks with the United States on Friday and keep alive plans for a deal that could boost their struggling economies by dramatically increasing transatlantic business. The EU is the biggest investor in the United States.
*France trying to shield French culture from Hollywood. LUXEMBOURG, June 14- The European Union will try to overcome French resistance to free-trade talks with the United States on Friday and keep alive plans for a deal that could boost their struggling economies by dramatically increasing transatlantic business.
*Rules allow EU to catch up with United States. LONDON, June 13- European Union states struck a deal on Thursday to overhaul the bloc's stock, bond, derivatives and commodities markets, an EU official said, ending a near two-year deadlock.
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