Wage control, it seems, like much in Ireland, is for the little people, writes Brian Lucey. 

The TTIP promises major benefits to the EU and US, but can it possibly live up to the hype, removing barriers to trade between the continents and benefiting both. Peter O’Dwyer reports.

The US and the EU, after nearly two years of preparation, started talks yesterday aimed at securing a free trade agreement to squeeze new economic growth out of the world’s largest trade and investment relationship.

An end-of-June deadline for final agreement on the mandate to start talks on the proposed EU-US trade deal, has been set by Jobs and Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton.

The US recession is expected to be declared over today but economists insist that it is still too early to start celebrating.