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EU aims to revive Turkey ties as Ankara looks to its rivals
Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the NATO Summit in Washington, DC, on July 10. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg) The European Union is accelerating plans to improve ties with Turkey aimed at strengthening trade relations next year even as Ankara is increasingly …