France and Germany have backed down on threats to suspend US trade talks, after the US offered to set up more "working groups" on data protection.
EU leaders meeting in Berlin on Wednesday (3 July) for a summit on youth unemployment said the US trade negotiations will start next week as planned.
The announcement comes after France and Germany led EU criticism of the US in recent days.
French President Francois Hollande's spokesman had said on Wednesday morning the talks sho...
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