Don’t ‘Overload’ US Deal with Extra Demands, Says EU Trade Boss

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BRUSSELS – The EU should not “overburden” its fragile trade agreement with the United States with numerous additional demands, Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič told POLITICO on Friday. Ahead of a visit to Washington next week, Šefčovič stressed that both the US and the EU must “stick to the agreement,” which was reached last July in Turnberry, Scotland, and reiterated in a joint statement the following month. “A deal is a deal,” the Slovak comm…