Citing U.S. trade actions, Malmström balks at Ross comments on TTIP resumption
European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström last week responded to U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’ optimism about resuming U.S.-EU trade talks by listing actions the U.S. has taken over the past year that she said would make it difficult to start again. Ross, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 24, said it was no accident that the U.S. withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership but not the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations with the EU...