US-EU Trade, Techology Disputes Persist Despite Unity on Russia
- Partners praise sanctions coordination and export controls
- Irritants on metals, tech remain as trade deal still excluded
The EU’s digital and competition chief Margrethe Vestager.
Photographer: Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency/Bloomberg
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The US and EU celebrated a transatlantic partnership reinvigorated in part by its unprecedented cooperation against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the public unity masks festering trade and technology disputes.
When the second Trade and Technology Council wrapped up outside Paris on Monday, EU and US officials focused on their coordination on sanctions and export controls against Moscow.