MEP Signals Openness To Broad 'Declaration' On Financial Rules In TTIP

The chair of the European Parliament committee involved in shaping the European Union’s financial regulatory reform last week argued that a trade and investment deal with the United States must, at a minimum, include a general accord that the two sides will agree to work with each other in regulating the financial services sector. Sharon Bowles, chair of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, said that she generally agrees with the European Commission that the trade deal should include a...