A fourth round of EU-US trade talks for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will start in Brussels next Monday. According to an European Commission statement here Thursday, the week-long talks will help pave the way for a future trade and investment deal which facilitates trade between the European Union and the United States. Negotiators will discuss a wide range of topics covering different aspects of the agreement. EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht recently stated that the EU and the US now start "to get into the heart of the negotiations".