Schlegelmilch: U.S.-EU steel, minerals talks on track despite ‘hiccup’

Trans-Atlantic trade talks on a set of climate-related issues are moving forward following a “hiccup” last month ahead of a U.S.-European Union leaders’ summit, according to a senior EU trade official who said on Tuesday that the EU Commission could soon request a negotiating mandate for a developing agreement with Washington on steel and aluminum trade. During an event hosted by the Brussels-based think tank Bruegel , Deputy Director-General at the European Commission Directorate-General for Trade Rupert Schlegelmilch said officials...