Left-right symmetry and electric dipole moments. A global analysis*

We perform a global fit using results of searches for electric dipole moments (EDM) of diamagnetic systems within the context of the minimal left-right symmetric model. In this way, we disentangle the new "left-right" electroweak and θ contributions that cannot be separated using a single EDM system. Although the fit is done for a specific model, the approach can be applied to any particle physics model. Finally, we revisit the constraint on the D coefficient in β-decay and find that current EDM bounds do not preclude observation of this T-violating effect in a possible next generation β-decay experiment