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Search for: Offline summarization (match summaries) Hybrid summarization Online summarization Offline summarization (match articles) U.S. World Finance Sci/Tech Entertainment Sports View Today's Images Back to Archive Index About Newsblaster About today's run Newsblaster in Press Academic Papers Article Sources: washingtonpost.com (186 articles) nytimes.com (148 articles) seattletimes. nwsource.com (146 articles) news.bbc.co.uk (107 articles) cbc.ca (81 articles) baltimoresun.com (58 articles) latimes.com (49 articles) foxnews.com (46 articles) boston.com (40 articles) nypost.com (39 articles) ft.com (32 articles) abcnews.go.com (28 articles) suntimes.com (26 articles) dallasnews.com (18 articles) haaretz.com (18 articles) timesonline.co.uk (18 articles) cnn.com (17 articles) technology. timesonline.co.uk (8 articles) entertainment. timesonline.co.uk (7 articles) sfgate.com (5 articles) msnbc.msn.com (5 articles) cbsnews.com (4 articles) topics.latimes.com (2 articles) nature.com (2 articles) latimesblogs. latimes.com (2 articles)	U.S., EU optimistic on trade talks despite banana row Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English Prospects for a global agreement to slash subsidies and tariffs are dim as trade ministers and other officials from 30 leading member-states of the World Trade Organization prepare for a crucial meeting in Geneva next Monday. (article 4) Government ministers, farmers and car manufacturers on Friday piled pressure on the European Union's trade negotiators to stand firm or even harden their position in next week's crucial round of talks in Geneva. (article 6) The initiative represented a timely offer to Africa on the eve of the Geneva talks, which are regarded as a make-or-break moment for governments to strike a deal in the Doha negotiations on liberalising trade in agriculture, industry and services. (article 6) The US Trade Representative Susan Schwab said enforcing trade rules through dialogue or litigation was a critical part of the US trade agenda. (article 9) Failure to agree on tropical fruit exports to the European Union would put a global trade deal at risk, the European Commission has warned. (article 7) International agreements on climate change, food security and energy use could drift beyond reach if next week's Geneva talks on liberalising world trade collapse, Peter Mandelson warned on Thursday. (article 5) Other summaries about this story: Summary from United States, from articles in English (6 articles) [compare] Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English (3 articles) [compare] Event tracking: Track this story's development in time Story keywords Trade, EU, Doha, Mandelson, Countries Source articles For Global Trade Talks, the Stakes Have Risen (nytimes.com, 07/19/2008, 1009 words) World trade deal 'within reach' (BBC News, 07/18/2008, 636 words) U.S., EU optimistic on trade talks despite banana row (Washington Post, 07/17/2008, 676 words) A Flame-Throwing Frenchman (Washington Post, 07/19/2008, 170 words) Mandelson warns on trade talks failure (ft.com, 07/17/2008, 381 words) Call for firm stance in trade talks (ft.com, 07/18/2008, 503 words) EU seeks key deal on fruit trade (BBC News, 07/17/2008, 495 words) Brazilian FM's Nazi reference rocks WTO talks (boston.com, 07/19/2008, 411 words) China loses WTO car parts dispute (BBC News, 07/18/2008, 246 words) blaster@cs.columbia.edu