European lawmakers to push for TTIP with members of Congress this week

European Members of Parliament are expected to push for deeper economic ties with the U.S. -- including continuing the stalled talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership -- in meetings with their U.S. counterparts on Capitol Hill this week, according to Parliament's vice-chair of the delegation for relations with the United States. Jeppe Kofod, a Danish MEP from Parliament's second largest political group -- the Socialists and Democrats -- said that low growth and investment in Europe underline the...