‘US spy activity in EU jeopardising trade talks and data-sharing arrangements’

“An escalating transatlantic row over American spying in Europe has thrown doubt ” over talks on a proposed EU-US Free Trade Agreement and “may compromise existing agreements under which electronic data is shared with the US security services,” reports The Irish Times.
The daily believes that revelations to the effect that Angela Merkel’s phone calls may have been intercepted have undermined trust in Washington, and adds that —

The controversy overshadowed a summit meeting in Brussels last night [new European laws on data protection.