European member states hope to agree next week on a compromise mandate authorizing the launch of limited trade talks with the United States after a meeting of ambassadors in Brussels on Wednesday left unresolved the question of whether to revoke the Commission's existing mandate on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. France has called for member states to revoke the Commission's TTIP mandate, but that idea has been met with some pushback because others fear it could set a worrying precedent, sources said. The new mandate under consideration would not cover a comprehensive trade negotiation, as the TTIP mandate does. Instead, it would cover a limited deal focusing on non-agricultural market access.
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