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France threatens to halt talks on TTIP with Washington

Xinhua, August 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

France would halt talks with the United States over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) for failure to outline clear common trade rules, Trade Minister Matthias Fekl said Tuesday.

"There is no more political support in France for these negotiations. There should be an absolute clear end so that we can restart them on a good basis," Fekl told RMC radio.

France would ask to end negotiations over TTIP at meeting of European Union trade ministers in Bratislava scheduled for Sept. 23, according to the minister.

"Negotiations are not worthy to the historical relationship between Europe and the United States which they give nothing or little (to make talks progressing)," he said.

After three years of talks, negotiators from the EU and the United States failed to bridge differences mainly on improving transparency, guaranteeing food safety and facilitating access of European small and medium-sized companies to U.S. markets. Endit