Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement touted at Hannover Messe opening

摘要

Get ready for TAFTA. With key U.S. industry representatives in the audience at the opening of the 2014 Hannover Messe, German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, touted the importance of the proposed Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement as a key relationship to enhance global trade and economic growth. The proposed free trade relationship would bring together the world's two largest economic and manufacturing powers under one set of trading rules. From that would emerge a combination of standards and regulations, which has brought concerns on both sides of the Atlantic.