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U.S. suspends trade, investment talks with Russia over Ukraine

The United States has put trade and investment talks with Russia on hold as a rebuke for Russia\'s incursion into Ukraine, a U.S. official said on Monday.
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March 3, 2014

The United States has put trade and investment talks with Russia on hold as a rebuke for Russia's incursion into Ukraine, a U.S. official said on Monday.

“We have suspended upcoming bilateral trade and investment engagement with the government of Russia that were part of a move toward deeper commercial and trade ties,” a spokesman for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said.

Reporting by Mark Felsenthal and Jeff Mason; Editing by Peter Cooney

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