Brussels Edition:  Trade Hopes

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EU trade chief Cecilia Malmstrom meets U.S. counterpart Robert Lighthizer in Washington today to advance work on a transatlantic deal. Expect the exchange to address the scope of any accord to cut industrial tariffs — as well as the less onerous goal of fostering deeper EU-U.S. regulatory cooperation. Meanwhile, in seeking to ward off U.S. duties on European cars, the EU keeps touting another element of last July's political deal: increased imports of American soybeans.