European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström defended two draft negotiating mandates with the United States before Parliament's plenary session in Brussels on Wednesday 30 January (see EUROPE 12183, 12175).
While Washington is sending contradictory messages to the EU on its vision for the negotiations, with the preparation of an expanded mandate including agriculture (see EUROPE 12171), Malmström stressed to MEPs the need to maintain a positive platform for exchange, which is the...