Malmström: EU should be realistic about when TTIP talks can be resumed
European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström told regional German officials on March 22 that they must be realistic about when the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership could be resumed, contending that it could take "quite some time." Malmström has often said the U.S.-EU talks are "in the freezer," and this week she stuck to that metaphor in saying it would take time for the deal to be "defrosted." "We are waiting for a signal from the new...