''BERLIN – The window
of opportunity to complete the Transatlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership (TTIP) between the United States and the European Union is
closing quickly. National elections will be held this year and next in
the US, France, and Germany, and the campaigns will play out in an
environment that is increasingly hostile to international agreements in
any form. The biggest risk might come from the least likely source:
Germany, an export powerhouse.
As it stands, some 70% of Germans citizens oppose
the TTIP, almost twice the average in other European countries. They
overwhelmingly believe that Germany will not benefit economically, that
lower-skill workers’ wages will suffer, that large corporations will
gain power at the expense of consumers, that data and environmental
protection will be compromised, and that citizens’ rights will be
undermined...''
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