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OTTAWA, March 12 (Reuters) - Canada faces difficult choices in talks on a proposed 12-country Pacific trade pact and is doing its best to protect national interests, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday.

* Brent, WTI fall despite dollar weakness (Updates prices, adds comment)

MEXICO CITY, March 12 (Reuters) - Mexico's government on Thursday urged the private sector to take a bigger role in billions of dollars worth of planned public works and the opening of the country's energy sector, weeks after scaling back its own planned spending due to slumping oil prices.

It used to be that a $3 million deal for 25,000 barrels of Gulf Coast gasoline happened almost every trading day.

HOUSTON, March 12 (Reuters) - The United Steelworkers union and oil companies have reached a tentative deal to end the largest U.S. refinery strike in 35 years, sources familiar with the negotiations for a new labor accord said on Thursday.

In an effort to support U.S. President Obama’s “all of the above” energy strategy, today the DOE released a report focused on the wind industry and how it could provide up to 35 percent of the nations energy by 2050.

WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - Exide Technologies has agreed to shutter its lead-acid battery recycling facility in Vernon, California, and pay $50 million in clean-up costs to avoid criminal prosecution for illegal storage of hazardous waste.

BRUSSELS, March 12 (Reuters) - European Union leaders are unlikely to tighten sanctions on Russia when they meet next week but will haggle over whether they need to act now to prolong economic sanctions on Russia expiring in July, diplomats said on Thursday.

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