- Title: Merkel calls for continued EU, US talks on free trade deal
- Date: 5th October 2016
- Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (OCTOBER 5, 2016) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF GERMAN FEDERATION OF WHOLESALE AND FOREIGN TRADE (BGA) BGA LOGO VARIOUS OF GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL AND BGA PRESIDENT ANTON BOERNER POSING FOR MEDIA MERKEL ARRIVING AT BGA EVENT, BEING WELCOMED AND SITTING DOWN AUDIENCE AT BGA EVENT VARIOUS OF MERKEL HOLDING SPEECH (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN CHANCELLOR, ANGELA MERKEL, SAYING: "In the view of the central bank policies we can feel that the world economy is not in balance yet and surely monetary policies alone won't solve structural problems." MERKEL HOLDING SPEECH CAMERAS/ AUDIENCE LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN CHANCELLOR, ANGELA MERKEL, SAYING: "I am calling for continued talks on TTIP. Everyone who has negotiated a collective bargaining, everyone who has negotiated climate talks, knows that the most difficult agreements are usually reached at the end of a negotiation, and not at the beginning. Therefore, it's the final result that counts." MERKEL HOLDING SPEECH REPORTER TYPING ON LAPTOP (SOUNDBITE) (German) GERMAN CHANCELLOR, ANGELA MERKEL, SAYING: "We will lead no pre-negotiations. But we will say generally that full access to the internal market is coupled with accepting the four basic freedoms, and this includes the free movement of people." MERKEL LEAVING STAGE/ AUDIENCE APPLAUDING
- Embargoed: 20th October 2016 15:36
- Keywords: TTIP Merkel Brexit central banks
- Location: BERLIN, GERMANY
- City: BERLIN, GERMANY
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Government/Politics
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- Story Text: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday (October 5) said the European Union and the United States should continue to negotiate the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) free trade deal as long as possible, despite opposition in many European countries.
"I am calling for continued talks on TTIP. Everyone who has negotiated a collective bargaining, everyone who has negotiated climate talks, knows that the most difficult agreements are usually reached at the end of a negotiation, and not at the beginning. Therefore it's the final result that counts," Merkel told a meeting of the German BGA trade body.
Merkel added the EU and the United States could write a new chapter in the history of globalisation with a successful deal.
Merkel also underlined during her speech that the European Union could not grant Britain full access to the EU's internal market if London did not accept the bloc's basic principle of free movement.
"We will lead no pre-negotiations. But we will say generally that full access to the internal market is coupled with accepting the four basic freedoms, and this includes the free movement of people," Merkel said.
She added that if the EU granted Britain any exceptions in negotiating access to the internal market, it would create an "extremely difficult situation" for the bloc. She did not elaborate. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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