EU Trade Chief Plans January U.S. Trip in Bid to Ease Tensions
- Phil Hogan to meet Lighthizer during Jan. 14-16 visit
- U.S. threat to hit French goods with tariffs is new sore point
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The European Union’s new trade chief plans to visit Washington on Jan. 14-16 in a bid to repair transatlantic relations frayed by U.S. measures against imports from the bloc and its attacks on the global commercial order.
Phil Hogan will meet U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to discuss disputes including an American threat to hit $2.4 billion of French goods with tariffs in retaliation over a digital-services tax in France.