European dismisses US campaign rhetoric on trade, and wants the world to follow its standards

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EU trade chief: U.S. campaign rhetoric won’t stop TTIP trade talks

March 10, 2016

Europe’s top trade official plans an ambitious push to seal a sweeping U.S.-European free trade deal this year even as bitter U.S. presidential primary races sour voter ...

China moves fighter jets back to South China Sea island; what about Australia and New Zealand?

China continues to develop its military presence in the South China Sea:

February 25, 2016

BANGKOK—China has again sent fighter jets to a disputed island where earlier this month it redeployed surface-to-air missiles and appears to be building a sophisticated radar ...