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China shrugs off EU appeal for help on currencyWen urged the Europeans to "respect the path chosen by others." "China and the EU should respect each others' social systems and cultures," he said. The summit, just two weeks after U.S. President Barack Obama's state visit to... In this article: European Union, China, Wen Jiabao, Climate change, Jose Manuel Barroso, Beijing, Nanjing, Recession, and Fredrik Reinfeldt |
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washingtonpost.com | November 15, 2009
Obama meets Myanmar PM, calls for Suu Kyi's release
...part at least because a junta member was part of the ASEAN pageantry. Obama said he expressed support for ASEAN's ambition to become an EU-style community by 2015. The statement noted that ASEAN is host to $153 billion in U.S. direct...
In this article: Barack Obama, Asean, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, United States, Southeast Asia, Washington, Thein Sein, Singapore, and China
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 1 day ago
No time to ease off stimulus spending: EU
...the dollar. ``The Chinese are telling us exactly the same thing they are telling President Obama,'' European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso told reporters after a dinner with Wen before Monday's China-EU summit. A week before...
In this article: China, Jean-Claude Trichet, Wen Jiabao, Jean-Claude Juncker, Barack Obama, Jose Manuel Barroso, Nanjing, and Beijing
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | November 03, 2009
Barack Obama praises EU's Lisbon treaty agreement
Barack Obama praises EU's Lisbon treaty agreement US President Barack Obama Tuesday welcomed the completion of the European Union's reform of the Lisbon Treaty, saying it would boost ties between the two partners. Published: 10:35PM GMT 03...
In this article: Barack Obama, Jose Manuel Barroso, Lisbon, United States, Javier Solana, Vaclav Klaus, and Fredrik Reinfeldt
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CNN | November 20, 2009
Commentary: Europe job too small for Tony Blair
...citizens, are going to be disappointed. In Van Rompuy, they are not going to see an EU president who eyeballs Vladimir Putin on energy security or cuffs Obama for not doing enough about climate change. As the horse-trading reached its final...
In this article: Tony Blair, EU, Europe, Britain, United States, Jean-Claude Juncker, Middle East, and Barack Obama
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Europeans join UN in welcoming Obama to climate talks
...leaders. Photo: AP Europeans joined the United Nations on Wednesday in hailing US President's Barack Obama's decision to attend the upcoming UN climate summit, saying it boosts the hopes of a positive outcome. But they were more...
In this article: Barack Obama, United Nations, Copenhagen, Andreas Carlgren, United States, Washington, Jean-Louis Borloo, and Climate change
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Times Online | November 19, 2009
Gordon Brown abandons Tony Blair to snatch EU second prize
...by others before Mr Brown opted for Lady Ashton. President Obama welcomed the appointment of the EU president, saying it would make Europe an "even stronger partner" to the United States. Berlin Wall Commerations around the world to mark...
In this article: Tony Blair, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Gordon Brown, Europe, Peter Mandelson, Geoff Hoon, House of Lords, and Barack Obama
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The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states, located primarily in Europe. Committed to regional integration, the EU was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community. With almost 500 million citizens, the EU combined generates an estimated 30% share (US$18.4 trillion in 2008) of the nominal gross world product and about 22% of the PPP gross world product.
The EU has developed a single market through a standardised system of laws which apply in all member states, ensuring the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital. It maintains common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries and regional development. Sixteen member states have adopted a common currency, the euro, constituting the Eurozone. The EU has developed a limited role in foreign policy, having representation at the WTO, G8, G20 and at the UN. It enacts legislation in justice and home affairs, including the abolition of passport controls by an agreement between 25 member states which form the Schengen Area.
The EU originates from the European Coal and Steel Community formed among six countries in 1951 and the Treaty of Rome in 1957. Since then, the EU has evolved through a process of enlargement, while new policy areas have been added to the remit of its institutions.
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