Talks on a vast free-trade deal between the EU and US are
likely to be "frozen" for years after the stunning election victory of
Donald Trump, the EU said on Friday.
US president-elect Trump campaigned furiously on a promise to scrap international trade deals, throwing the ambitious pact with the European Union into serious doubt.
Brussels and Washington tried to get the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) through by the time Barack Obama left office but fell short.
"TTIP will probably be in the freezer for quite some time and then what will happen when it is defrosted, I think we will need to wait and see," EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem said after trade ministers held talks in Brussels.
"We don't know what he thinks about TTIP," Malmstroem said, referring to Trump, although she acknowledged that the brash billionaire was clearly opposed to big trade deals.
TTIP has been under negotiation since 2013 and was supposed to be one of the most ambitious free trade accords ever attempted.
Read more: Flash - US-EU TTIP trade deal 'frozen' after Trump vote: commissioner - France 24
US president-elect Trump campaigned furiously on a promise to scrap international trade deals, throwing the ambitious pact with the European Union into serious doubt.
Brussels and Washington tried to get the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) through by the time Barack Obama left office but fell short.
"TTIP will probably be in the freezer for quite some time and then what will happen when it is defrosted, I think we will need to wait and see," EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem said after trade ministers held talks in Brussels.
"We don't know what he thinks about TTIP," Malmstroem said, referring to Trump, although she acknowledged that the brash billionaire was clearly opposed to big trade deals.
TTIP has been under negotiation since 2013 and was supposed to be one of the most ambitious free trade accords ever attempted.
Read more: Flash - US-EU TTIP trade deal 'frozen' after Trump vote: commissioner - France 24
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