US official seeks support for European trade deal in Poland
WARSAW,Poland (AP) - Michael Froman, the U.S. Trade Representative, has received a welcoming reception from Polish entrepreneurs as he works to try to finalize a free trade pact between the United States and the European Union.
Froman said Sunday in Warsaw that he hopes the deal, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, will finally be completed this year.
There is strong resistance among some Europeans to the planned agreement, which aims to eliminate tariffs and create common regulatory standards. Some European opponents fear a lowering of food safety standards or fewer regulations.
Froman told a group of young Poles with startups, among them software developers, that the deal would be especial0ly beneficial to small and medium-sized businesses like theirs. He is also meeting with Polish leaders during his visit to Warsaw.