France to call for end to TTIP talks between EU and US

Source: Euronews

7 hours ago

France is to call for an end to negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) at a meeting of foreign trade ministers in September.

Secretary of State for Foreign Trade Matthias Fekl told RMC radio that France would call for a “pure, simple and definitive cessation of negotiations” in the Bratislava meeting. He said he would also demand an end to CETA, the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.

France effectively joins Germany, whose Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said that talks on the trade deal being thrashed out between the European Commission and the US had “de facto failed.”

Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier was more cautious, but admitted work is needed. He said an agreement appears a long way away and confirmed the pace of the discussions remains unclear.

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