date:Dec 20, 2012
he issue. A positive recommendation could lead to negotiations early next year.
Negotiators face a number of hurdles beofre the agreement can come into force, however. The two sides are at loggerheads over the EU's carbon trading scheme for one and, perhaps more importantly, there are a range of agricultural issues to overcome.
For a start the EU has strict regulations surrounding the use of pesticides and GM foods.
Tyson Barker, who directs trans-Atlantic relations at the Washington office o