Too Early to Call U.S.-EU Trade Talks Doomed, EU's Katainen Says

Don’t give up on free-trade negotiations between the European Union and the U.S. before they’ve even started, a top EU official said.

“It’s too early to say that our trade discussions with the U.S. are doomed to failure,” European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen told reporters in Brussels on Tuesday. “There are discussions going on at several levels, and I still see lots of light at the end of the tunnel -- we can end up having some sort of agreement with the United States on trade.”