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June 18, 2013

Obama Announces Talks for Massive Free Trade Deal with Europe 
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Speaking at the G8 summit, President Obama also announced that formal
talks for a massive free trade deal between the United States and Europe
will open next month in Washington. The deal could see tariffs and other
trade barriers eliminated between the United States and 27 European
countries. British Prime Minister David Cameron touted the Transatlantic
Trade and Investment Partnership as possibly "the biggest bilateral
trade deal in history."

 

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