EU Seeks to Forge New Global Trade Rules With US

European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis attends a press conference of Read-out of the College meeting during a debate on Poland's challenge to the supremacy of EU laws at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Oct. 19, 2021. Ronald Wittek/Pool via Reuters

BRUSSELS—The European Union has experienced a “breakthrough year” with the United States even if not all trade irritants are gone and now wants to work with its transatlantic ally to start forging trade rules for the future, the EU trade chief said.

“One can say that this year was indeed a breakthrough year for EU–U.S. trade relations,” European Commission Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis said in an interview for the Reuters Next conference.