Katainen and Tusk urge the Trump administration to abandon his trade policy plans, showing own leverage in trade politics in order to increase pressure
Prominent EU actors urge for a new trade deal with the US, witnessing a concurrence relation with the post-Brexit UK concerning trade agreements with the USA
Chancellor Philip Hammond said on Wednesday that the UK would negotiate a "unique" Brexit agreement which includes financial services, just hours after EU negotiators rejected the possibility of such a deal.
"It is possible to include financial services within a trade deal but that it is very much in our mutual interest to do so," Hammond said.
Hammond's speech comes within hours of European Council president Donald Tusk saying such a deal was "out of the question".
Die Wallonie wird beim kommenden EU-Gipfel vom 20. und 21. Oktober im Zentrum der Debatten stehen, denn die französischsprachige Region Belgiens wehrt sich noch immer gegen CETA. Europas Glaubwürdigkeit stehe auf dem Spiel, warnt Cecilia Malmström. EurActiv Brüssel berichtet.