08/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - Negotiations underway between the EU and the United States on trade compensations to which Washington is entitled after accession by ten new Member States on 1 May 2004 (see EUROPE of 8 March, p.13) will probably be extended beyond the normal deadline of 1 May this year. A Commission spokesperson confirmed that the EU has called for a two-month extension, which would make the deadline for talks 1 July 2005. It expressed confidence that the United States would...