At the meeting of Member States' Ambassadors to the EU (Coreper), an agreement in principle was reached on two trade negotiation mandates with the United States, one on industrial products and the other on conformity assessment, which were validated without discussion.
On Friday 5 April, in an EU Council working group, the Member States agreed on the amendments enabling them to validate the negotiating directives with Washington.
The mandates are expected to be formally adopted on Monday...