German Economic Affairs Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Sunday that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations between the EU and the U.S. “have de facto failed.” Yesterday, French Foreign Trade Minister Matthias Fekl added that France will call for negotiations to end. The TTIP as proposed would be a vast, complex economic agreement between the world's two largest economies. The failure of these negotiations is not surprising and confirms our prediction that the EU's power is disintegrating. Moreover, this turn of events, underscores the division between Western and Eastern Europe.
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