U.S., EU negotiators accelerating talks, eyeing monthly high-level meetings

Trade discussions between the U.S. and the European Union are ramping up, according to several sources following them who say negotiators are planning to hold monthly high-level meetings as they attempt to hammer out a deal the Trump administration has made a top priority. EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan, who was in Washington, DC, last week for meetings with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, lawmakers and others, is eyeing mid-March for his next visit, according to sources. Hogan,...