AFP, Brussels :
EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan will meet his US counterpart Robert Lighthizer in Washington on Thursday, a surprise visit as Brussels seeks to end a transatlantic trade row.
The departure, which was revealed after Hogan at the last minute cancelled a speech in Brussels on Thursday, follows a visit only last month.
“These meetings are part of the regular bilateral contacts” between the EU and the US “for a positive bilateral transatlantic trade agenda”, an EU spokesman added, without further details.
EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan will meet his US counterpart Robert Lighthizer in Washington on Thursday, a surprise visit as Brussels seeks to end a transatlantic trade row.
The departure, which was revealed after Hogan at the last minute cancelled a speech in Brussels on Thursday, follows a visit only last month.
“These meetings are part of the regular bilateral contacts” between the EU and the US “for a positive bilateral transatlantic trade agenda”, an EU spokesman added, without further details.
