Agriculture hurdle could be insurmountable for U.S., EU negotiators

Now that the European Commission has a mandate to negotiate a trade deal with the United States, the next step for the two sides is to agree on what areas the negotiation will cover -- a normally perfunctory exercise that could derail the latest round of trans-Atlantic talks before they even begin. Since President Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker met at the White House last July, the two sides have been at loggerheads over whether a deal will...