EU Confirms Inaugural Trade-Tech Summit With U.S. to Go Ahead
- France wanted meeting postponed after defense-contract issue
- U.S., EU talks aimed at boosting joint position over China
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The European Commission confirmed that the inaugural meeting of a new trade council with the U.S. will go ahead as planned after France sought to have it postponed.
The Trade and Technology Council will meet in Pittsburgh next week, and will focus on “short-term semiconductor issues,” Miriam Garcia Ferrer, a spokesperson for trade and agriculture at the European Commission, said in a tweet Thursday. After in-depth talks at the commission in October, conversations on mid- and longer-term strategic chip issues will begin in TTC working groups to prepare for the next council summit in Europe, she said.