Business Groups: No Deal This Year Should Also End Talk Of 'TTIP Lite'

Business sources say they are hopeful that last week's public acknowledgment by European Union trade ministers that a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership deal is not possible this year will also head off any attempt to reach agreement on a so-called “TTIP lite” or an “early harvest” of outcomes that would not live up to the ambition of U.S. and EU industries. Multiple business sources said there is still an appetite for an eventual TTIP deal, but not one this...