Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's senior campaign strategist Mark Penn has resigned following reports that his involvement in a public relations firm posed a conflict of interests.
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The 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) expects to sign a free trade agreement with India by the middle of next year.
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Southeast Asian nations and the European Union have agreed to start free trade talks, and a leading U.S. semiconductor maker says it will invest $1 billion in the Philippines. Claudia Blume at VOA's Asia News Center has more on these and other business stories from the region.
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With only days to go before the start of crucial free trade discussions with the United States, South Korea says it will not talk about several issues of key concern to Washington. Seoul says U.S. negotiators have not made satisfactory progress on addressing South Korean concerns. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, the move may make already shaky prospects for a trade liberalization deal even more challenging.
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