EU parliamentary elections could have lasting impact on U.S. trade talks

European parliamentary elections underway this week are not are not expected to immediately affect nascent trans-Atlantic trade negotiations, but the results could have a lasting impact on European trade policy. Parliament’s far-left and far-right factions are expected to gain ground at the expense of the body’s centrist parties, according to EU sources and analysts. The two largest political groups in Parliament -- the center-right European People’s Party and the center-left Socialists and Democrats -- are considered generally pro-trade, and they...