The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. July 9, 2013 U.S., EU Begin Trade Talks After Spying Disclosures ---------------------------------------------------- The United States and the European Union have opened talks in Washington on creating the world's largest free trade zone. The negotiations were briefly thrown into doubt last week after it emerged the United States has been spying on European Union offices and member countries' embassies. .