Potential for progress, obstacles as U.S.-EU trade and tech council gets started

The U.S. and the European Union have created an opportunity to use a newly formed trade and technology council to make progress on key issues that must be urgently addressed, analysts say -- though prior attempts to deal with regulatory issues and the two sides’ diverging views on China suggest it won’t be easy. U.S. and EU officials two weeks ago announced that they would hold the first Trade and Technology Council meeting in September. The council -- launched in...