On Friday 22 February in Bucharest, the European Trade Ministers of the Member States decided to wait for the vote of the European Parliament to validate the trade mandates with the United States, while showing unity in the European strategy towards Washington.
Meeting in an informal Council, the Trade Ministers discussed two negotiating mandates, one on a trade agreement limited to non-agricultural market access and the other on conformity assessments (see EUROPE 12175).
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