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U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd R) talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) alongside British Prime Minister David Cameron (2nd L), Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (R) after taking the 2010 G8 Summit group photo at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario June 25, 2010. (Saul Loeb/Reuters)
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Cameron pushes U.S.-EU trade pact as next big G8 goal
CARL MORTISHED
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Trade negotiations have all the qualities to appeal to nerds: consider phytosanitary regulations, tariff rates and public procurement rules. There is nothing in this that has popular appeal and you might therefore wonder why David Cameron has chosen to champion a U.S.-EU free trade agreement as the next grand political task for the G8 group of top nations.
