The U.S. will take all the help it can get in pushing forward negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the European Union - and that's one of the reasons USDA Acting Deputy Agriculture Secretary Michael Scuse is in Eastern Europe.
The U.S. is counting on Lithuania and Romania, two of the countries that Scuse has visited on his week-long trip, to support the U.S. goal of getting T-TIP fully negotiated this year, he told reporters today in a conference call from Bucharest.
Scuse said he has met with the prime ministers of both countries and stressed to each that the U.S. is hoping they will take leadership roles in moving the T-TIP negotiations forward.
“In Lithuania and Romania… the indication that I got is they're strong supporters of (T-TIP),” Scuse said. “They very much would like to see this done. I think they understand that we need to get this done as quickly as possible.”
Source: http://www.agri-pulse.com/Scuse-seeks-TTIP-support-in-Eastern-Europe-06162016.asp