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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12171

15 January 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 22
EXTERNAL ACTION / United states
Washington publishes trade negotiation objectives that are at odds with European ambitions
Brussels, 14/01/2019 (Agence Europe)

The United States Trade Representative (USTR) published, on Friday, January 11, a 15 page summary of ambitious “specific negotiating objectives” of the United States with the European Union. Despite European warnings, agriculture is one of the subjects although it was a priori excluded by the EU. 

Under the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) procedure, this publication, for the Congress, opens a period of 30 days before the start of formal trade negotiations. 

In addition to the gap...

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