Merkel hopes for revival of frozen free trade talks with U.S.: interview

Reuters

Published Apr 28, 2017 12:53PM ET

Merkel hopes for revival of frozen free trade talks with U.S.: interview

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was hopeful frozen negotiations on a free trade agreement between the European Union and the United States would be revived one day, in an interview to be published on Saturday.

Talks with the United States on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) have been frozen since the victory of President Donald Trump.

"The U.S. president is pushing for fair conditions for his country and we are looking after the German and European interests," Merkel told the RND newspaper group.