France, Finland Quarrel Over EU-U.S. Trade Amid Spying Charges
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European Union countries quarreled over next week’s planned start of trans-Atlantic free-trade talks following a report that the U.S. eavesdropped on EU diplomats and snooped on computer traffic.
French President Francois Hollande sought “guarantees” that the U.S. halt the spying, alleged by Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine. Northern European countries lobbied for the talks to go ahead while the European Commission, the EU’s trade negotiator, sought to keep trade and espionage separate, at least for now.