EU Sees New US Trade Demands Hollowing Out Trump Deal (1)

European Union officials see new US demands for concessions as well as other measures as potentially undercutting a recent agreement that brought the allies back from the brink of a trade war.

Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump’s administration sent the EU a fresh proposal for implementing “reciprocal, fair and balanced” trade, according to people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations.

EU officials view the requests as maximalist and the concessions as significant, some of the people said. The people declined to disclose specifics on the US demands because ...