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A pro-TTIP poster at the Hannover Fair visited by US president Obama in April. "Everyone understand it is getting urgent," an EU official said. (Photo: Reuters)

Frustrated EU seeks strategy for US trade talks

EU trade ministers will have two models of free-trade agreements on their table when they meet on Friday (13 May): the deal between the EU and Canada agreed in February, and the one it is still painfully negotiating with the US.

Ministers will discuss the outcome of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada and expect to sign it when Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau comes to Brussels in the autumn.

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A pro-TTIP poster at the Hannover Fair visited by US president Obama in April. "Everyone understand it is getting urgent," an EU official said. (Photo: Reuters)

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