| * Ukraine freezes trade talks with EU... * ...after Putin intervenes in the deal * S Korea agrees Lockheed stealth fighter deal * Samsung to pay Apple $290m in patent case * WTO on verge of global trade pact * China and EU in investment treaty talks * But global talks on IT tariffs collapse * Belarus to extradite Uralkali chief * Bhutan aims high with Renault-Nissan electric car plan * Harassment claim casts shadow over India * Markets: mixed Ukraine freezes trade talks with EU
Kiev freezes trade talks with the EU and calls for three-way negotiations with Russia, in the latest blow for Brussels' plans for closer relations
http://on.ft.com/1elq6UJ Ukraine foreign policy triumph for Putin
Russian leader's victory after Ukraine rowed back from deal with EU could be short-lived, with observers fearing Moscow could lose credibility with west
http://on.ft.com/1elq8M8 S Korea agrees Lockheed stealth fighter jets deal
South Korea has agreed to buy 40 F-35A fighter aircraft from Lockheed Martin, a decision that means its air force is set to match those of China and Japan in next-generation stealth jet technology.
http://on.ft.com/1bHpGUN Samsung to pay Apple $290m in patent case
Decision does not mark the end of this case. The South Korean group is expected to challenge original verdict in the Federal Circuit Court of Appeal
http://on.ft.com/1elq8vT WTO on verge of global trade pact
Negotiators are poised to seal the first global trade deal for more than a decade, in a rare victory for the World Trade Organisation, whose struggle to secure an international pact has increasingly threatened its relevance.
http://on.ft.com/1aUjB6l China and EU in investment treaty talks
Leaders agree to negotiate and pledge to increase bilateral trade from about $580bn in 2012 to $1tn by 2020 in deal announced after Beijing summit
http://on.ft.com/1elq8M9 Global talks on tech trade tariffs collapse
ITA talks emerge as test of how China engages in trade negotiations as stance draws criticism from US and EU
http://on.ft.com/1elq6UM Belarus to extradite Uralkali chief
Baumgertner will be detained and investigated in Moscow on charges of abuse of power and embezzlement, though he is expected to be released soon
http://on.ft.com/19K85Ks Bhutan aims high with Renault-Nissan electric car plan
One of the world's most remote capital cities is aiming to become an electric vehicle "hotspot" and a showcase for green technology, according to the prime minister of the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.
http://on.ft.com/1eldBIF Harassment claim casts shadow over India
The case of a campaigning journalist accused of molesting a junior colleague has sparked an intense debate in India over the prevalence of workplace sexual harassment
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