EU to Restart Process to Ratify US Trade Deal After Block

Shipping containers on the dockside at the port of Barcelona, Spain.Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg

The European Union will restart ratification of its trade deal with the US, setting up the long-delayed agreement for final approval.

The European Parliament’s trade committee will vote Thursday on the accord, which will then go to a full plenary vote later this month or in April, Bernd Lange, who chairs the trade committee and is leading negotiations on the issue, told Bloomberg News.