PACT
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US not rushing into Trans Pacific Partnership by year-end deadline
Negotiations in final stages but still some outstanding issues to be decided.
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Harper pitches EU trade deal during speech to British Parliament
Negotiators are under pressure to broker a deal before the Europeans turn to free-trade talks with the US.
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ASEAN makes progress on creating regional economic bloc
Stalls on South China Sea disputes; China stalls on code of conduct.