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The European Union proposes extending tariff-free entry for Ukrainian farm products for a year from June, but with "safeguards" to stop cheaper imports flooding the market at the expense of Europe's own farmers. SOUNDBITE
Quito, Sep 9 (EFE) .- Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso on Thursday said that he wants to sign free trade agreements with the world's largest 10 economies as part of a strategy to bring Ecuador into the Pacific Alliance. (Camera: EFE)SHOT LIST: INTERVIEW WITH ECUADORIAN PRESIDENT GUILLERMO LASSO (IN SPANISH)TRANSLATIONS:1. Our aim is very clear: Signing free trade agreements with at least the world's 10 largest economies. This includes the United States, China, Japan, South Korea and also the Euro-Asia group. More bananas in the world means more jobs in Ecuador, more flowers in the world means more jobs in Ecuador.2. Vaccine diplomacy is nothing other than direct frontal and ongoing contact with friendly countries like the US, China, Russia, the support of Spain and Canada.
US Vice President Mike Pence says the United states is 'ready, willing and able' to 'immediately' negociate a free-trade agreement with the UK during a visit to 10 Downing Street. SOUNDBITE
The African Union gathers in Niamey, capital of Niger, for a summmit which the organisation hopes will pave the way towards a continent-wide free trade agreement. The AU envisions a free trade zone driving economic integration across a single African market of 1.2 billion people, expected to reach 2.5 billion by 2050. IMAGES
Indonesia and Australia sign a long-awaited trade deal after months of diplomatic tension over Canberra's contentious plan to move its embassy to Jerusalem. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).