EU Working to Finalize Trade Agreement With US This Month, Says Bloc’s Trade Chief

The European Union is working to finalize a framework trade agreement with the United States this month as a deadline looms for the reinstatement of tariffs on European goods, the bloc’s trade chief, Maros Sefcovic, said on Wednesday. Sefcovic told the European Parliament that talks with the United States had intensified considerably since May. He also said negotiators representing the European Union and the United States have made good progress toward crafting a joint statement that would presage a formal trade agreement. A deal could be finalized “potentially even in the next couple of days,” Sefcovic said during Wednesday’s session of Parliament in Strasbourg. He emphasized that the European Union’s regulatory framework remains non-negotiable....