EU TTIP Stocktaking In September To Determine If End Phase Kicks Off
The European Commission will hold a detailed stocktaking with member state trade ministers in September to determine if enough progress has been made in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations to proceed to a final deal with the Obama administration, according to informed sources. This stocktaking, which is scheduled for Sept. 22-23 in the Slovak capital, is the informal trade ministerial customarily held at the beginning of a new presidency of the Council. Slovakia will take over the rotating...