On Tuesday 28 September, with less than 24 hours to go before the inauguration of the ‘EU-US Trade and Technology Council’ (TTC), the joint statement that was supposed to be issued at the end of the meeting had still not been approved by the Member States. According to an EU source, France has objected to several formulations in the text, including the mention of a transatlantic partnership on semiconductors, as well as the next meeting of the TTC next spring.
While awaiting the first...