23/01/2013 (Agence Europe) - Barnier says technical delays are holding up US implementation of Basel III agreement. Commenting on a recent letter from Ben Bernanke, head of the Federal Reserve in the United States, EU Internal Market Commissioner Michel Barnier said the US needed more time for technical reasons to apply the Basel III capital requirement rules although the US will be applying them. Barnier will travel to the US in February to discuss capital requirements, derivatives and the...