Meeting for an informal session in Valletta on Friday 3 March, the EU trade ministers did not hide their impatience at being able to begin talking to the administration of new US President Donald Trump, and his trade representative-designate Robert Lighthizer.
"TTIP [the transatlantic trade and investment partnership] negotiations are currently frozen so we are waiting to hear a solid outline of the USA's plans and goals for trade with the EU. There are risks for the multilateral trading...