USTR to Consult With Congress on Talks With EU as Required in TPA
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative "will begin consultations with Congress pursuant to Trade Promotion Authority to facilitate negotiations on longer-term outcomes" with the EU, the office said in a news release. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and EU…
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Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom met on Sept. 10 and discussed several issues raised by President Donald Trump during a July press conference (see 1807250031), the agency said. Lighthizer and Malmstrom will meet again this month, and then in October, "professional staff will hold further discussions on identifying and reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade," USTR said. "Ministers will then meet in November to finalize outcomes in a number of areas. Specifically, we hope for an early harvest in the area of technical barriers to trade. We look forward to each party pursuing their domestic processes for negotiating mandates."