3:26 pm Mon June 17, 2013  G-8 Summit To Tackle Trade, Syria,
Slow Economic Growth  Originally published on Mon June 17, 2013
4:45 pm      And I'm Robert Siegel. We begin this hour with the
annual Group of 8 summit in Northern Ireland. Today, President
Obama and the other G8 leaders huddled at a resort there. Among
the many topics, the bloody civil war in Syria. President Obama
and Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down to talk about
Syria, acknowledging that they have, as Mr. Obama said,
differing perspectives.  But they share an interest in stopping
the violence. And Obama's day began with a speech about Northern
Ireland's own experience with violence. NPR's Scott Horsley is
traveling with the president.  SCOTT HORSLEY, BYLINE: U.S. and
European leaders launched this G-8 summit with an ambitious
announcement. Beginning next month, the United States and Europe
will try to forge a transatlantic trade agreement, harmonizing
regulations and lowering trade barriers in a move that British
Prime Minister David