Germany's Economy Minister
Sigmar Gabriel said on Sunday that talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership (TTIP), a free trade deal being negotiated by the United States and
the European Union, had essentially failed.
"The negotiations with
the USA have de facto failed because we Europeans did not want to subject
ourselves to American demands," he said, according to a written transcript
from German broadcaster ZDF of an interview due to be broadcast on Sunday.
The U.S. and the EU have been
negotiating the TTIP for three years and both sides had sought to conclude
talks in 2016 but they have differences over various issues, including
agriculture.
(Reporting by Michelle Martin;
Editing by Louise Ireland)
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