The EU’s Chief Negotiator for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) said the mammoth EU-US trade deal is not about deregulation, as a third round of talks wrapped up in Washington on December 20.
Chief European Union Negotiator Ignacio Garcia-Bercero(L) and Chief US Negotiator Dan Mullaney speak to the media at the closing of the third Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) negotiating round, December 20, 2013.
“I think we can be very satisfied by the end of this third round of talks. We remain on track to deliver an ambitious trade and investment deal which will boost our economies, deliver growth and, more importantly, create jobs for both Europeans and Americans at a time when they're most needed,” said Ignacio Garcia Bercero.