EU, US to hold next round of talks on free trade deal in March

The EU and the US will hold their fourth round of negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in Brussels from 10th March until 14th March, the EU announced here today.Prior to that round, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht and United States Trade Representative Ambassador Michael Froman will meet in Washington D.C. on 17 and 18 February to take stock of the negotiations to date.The aim of this meeting will be for both Commissioner De Gucht and Ambassador Froman to assess progress made after the first three rounds of talks and thereby provide their political guidance to the chief negotiators from both sides on how best to take forward the negotiations, added the EU statement.