US, EU hope to ‘finalize’ trade talks in November

Published September 10, 2018 6:06pm ET



The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office said Monday that trade talks with the European Union on “reducing tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade” would resume this month with a plan to “finalize outcomes in a number of areas” by November.

“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,” said U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and European Union Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström in a joint statement.

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