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EU Trade Commission Karel De Gucht attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 28, 2012.

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EU Trade Commission Karel De Gucht (R) and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk attend a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 28, 2012.

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Pascal Lamy (R) , Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), EU Trade Commission Karel De Gucht (C) and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk attend a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 28, 2012.

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...(from L) Moderator Robert Z. Lawrence, Minister of Trade of Indonesia Gita Wirjawan, Brazilian airplane maker Embraer President and CEO Frederico Fleury Curado, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, European Commission Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht, World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General...

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US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, left, and EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht, right, speak during a panel session at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012.

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European Commission Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht (R) listens to US Trade Representative Ron Kirk (L) while attending the session 'After Doha: The future of global trade' at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 28, 2012.

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European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht looks on during a World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference on December 15, 2011 in Geneva. Protectionism is a growing threat as the global economy falters and could cost hundreds of billions of dollars (euros), ministers and...

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EU Trade Commission Karel De Gucht looks on before the opening of the 8th World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Geneva December 15, 2011.

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EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht attends the opening day of the 8th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. The United States, the European Union, Japan and other countries have agreed after 14 years of talks to...

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European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht listens to questions from the media as he participates in a press conference November 29, 2011 in the Marshall Center Auditorium at the US Department of State in Washington, DC, at the conclustion of the Transatlantic Economic Council(TEC)...

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European Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht (L) and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (3rd L) and members of the European Commission meet with US President Barack Obama and the US delegation November 28, 2011 during a summit in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington,...

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EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht reacts during a luncheon meeting with EU Chamber of Commerce in Korea, in Seoul on October 11, 2011. European Union exports to South Korea have jumped since July when the first tariff cuts began under a free trade agreement (FTA) with Asia's fourth...

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European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht arrives to attend a seminar of the European Commission in Tervuren near Brussels August 31, 2011.

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The European Union's trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht (L) speaks as China's Commerce Minister Chen Deming (R) looks on at a press conference in Beijing on July 14, 2011. The EU's trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht and China's Commerce Minister Chen Deming met in the Joint Committee on...

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European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht speaks at a news conference in Beijing July 14, 2011. De Gucht said on Thursday that China should publish rare earth quotas further in advance of when they are imposed. The WTO ruled last week that China breached trade law by curbing...

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Gunther Oettinger, European Energy Commissioner(L) and European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht listen to questions from the media as they conduct a press conference November 29, 2011 in the Marshall Center Auditorium at the US Department of State in Washington, DC, at the conclustion...

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President Barack Obama hosts a summit meeting, with, on the far side of the table from left, Liz Sherwood-Randall of the National Security Council, Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economic Affairs Mike Froman, National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, Secretary of State...

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European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht welcomes Japan's Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto (R) ahead of a meeting in Brussels May 2, 2011.

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EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht (C), Peruvian Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade Carlos Posada Ugaz (R) and Colombian Minister for Trade, Industry and Tourism, Sergio Diaz-Ganados Guida give a press conference after they signed a Trade Agreement on April 13, 2011 at the EU headquarters...

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EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht (C) exchanges documents with Peruvian Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade Carlos Posada Ugaz (R) as Colombian Minister for Trade, Industry and Tourism, Sergio Diaz-Ganados Guida (L)looks on, after they signed a Trade Agreement on April 13, 2011 at the EU...

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EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht (C), Colombian Minister for Trade, Industry and Tourism, Sergio Diaz-Ganados Guida (L) and Peruvian Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade Carlos Posada Ugaz (R) are pictured after they signed a Trade Agreement on April 13, 2011 at the EU headquarters in Brussels...

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Karel De Gucht, European Trade Commissioner, gestures during a Reuters interview in Sydney March 17, 2011. Top industrialised nations need to act in concert to challenge China's curbs on rare earths exports and any restrictions by Beijing that could jeopardize manufacturing would be...

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China's Minister of Commerce Chen Deming (L) shakes hands with European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht during a joint news conference at Chinese Commerce Ministry in Beijing July 14, 2011. Chen said on Thursday he was not concerned about any possible World Trade Organisation...

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President Barack Obama hosts a summit meeting with European Union leaders, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, at the White House in Washington. From left are, Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economic Affairs Mike Froman, National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, Secretary of State...

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A United Nations peacekeeper from India stands guard upon the arrival of French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner at the Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp in Kibati, about 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) north of the provincial capital of Goma, on November 1, 2008. Belgian Foreign...