TTIP Talks Are 'Likely To Stop', Say Officials, As François Hollande Signals France Will Reject Deal

[Purveyor]

Talks over the hugely controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement could be about to fail after France threatened to block the deal.

Paris officials have said negotiations between the US and EU are "likely to stop" amid significant disagreements between the two sides over the free-trade agreement.

President Hollande has said he will "never accept" the deal in its current guise because of the rules it enforces on France and the rest of Europe - particularly in relation to farming and culture – claiming they are too friendly to US business.

“We will never accept questioning essential principles for our agriculture, our culture and for the reciprocity of access to public markets,” Hollande is reported as saying at a meeting of left-wing politicians in Paris. “At this stage France says ‘No.'”

Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ttip-talks-france-francois-hollande-deal-agreement-transatlantic-trade-partnership-a7011986.html

[MisterP]

1. "y'all said Obama backed TTIP, and now it's dead! he fooled EVERYBODY!"

[Trajan]

2. Yay ...

The failure of these talks are the best outcome of these talks ...

[Phlem]

3. The TPP is the Thirdway's and corporate 1%'s wet dream.

And it took a foreign country to tell stupid fucking Americans that.

How fucking sad is that.

[ToxMarz]

9. Maybe this is what Obama wants, he's winning at chess again

[LongTomH]

4. Vive la France!!!

[glinda]

10. +1

[saidsimplesimon]

5. "Much Ado About Nothing?"

It's a perfect set up for a George Carlin routine. Heads you lose, tails you lose

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[warrprayer]

6. as they say in France...

[ReRe]

7. "AT THIS STAGE"

... this doesn't say France will not ever go along with it, it says "at this stage we will not go along with it." I hope and pray they cannot be bought with some trinket, that they will stay true to the French people.

Also, when PO was on his way to see Angela Merkel a couple weeks ago, didn't 70,000-90,000 German people show up in the street the day before he got there to protest the TTP trade agreements?

Do the French people or the German people, or even the American people get to vote on these trade agreements? No

We're fucked.

[bbgrunt]

8. well, I hope that is true but have been fooled enough by

stories such as this that lead those in opposition to think they can let up on their opposition. Then, quietly, it is sneaked onto the agenda and quickly passed in the dead of night before you realize it's still alive.

[florida08]

11. Viva la France

[Enthusiast]

12. There is nothing controversial about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership-it sucks!

SUCKS! Just like the TPP the TTIP is an act of treason.

[Harriety]

13. Tres bien!

[Skeeter Barnes]

14. It will pass eventually. The people that own our govt. want it. And they get what they want.

[jwirr]

15. This is good. If they want a real trade deal then maybe they

should ask the workers organizations in all those countries to lead it. Get rid of the corporate deals and work on deals that will help all of the worlds workers.