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US and EU to talk FTZ next week

The United States and the European Union will hold a second round of trade talks this month to create a massive transatlantic free trade zone.

Negotiators for the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will meet over November 11-15 in Brussels to discuss services, investment, energy and raw materials, and regulatory issues.

US and EU teams will talk on other issues by video conference throughout November, the US Trade Representative said in a statement yesterday.

The second round of talks was originally set for October 7-11, but was shelved on the partial shutdown of the US government over a budget dispute.

“This round of negotiations will now put the TTIP discussion process fully back on track in terms of the planned negotiation timeline,” the European Commission, the EU executive, said in a statement.

The third round of talks is set for December 16-20 in Washington.

 




 

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