The European Union and the United States have agreed to start work on a plan to increase trade cooperation, a European Commission spokeswoman said today.

"As far as the Commission is concerned, President Juncker insisted on intensifying trade cooperation which is a win-win situation for both sides," the spokeswoman said after US President Donald Trump met European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk.

"In this context it was agreed to start work on a joint action plan on trade," she said.

Tusk said in a televised statement after the meeting with Trump that trade was one of the issues that remained "open". Talks towards a planned EU-US free trade agreement have been put on hold since Trump's election victory on a more protectionist platform last November. (Reuters)

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