MIAMI: Negotiators for a huge trans-Atlantic free trade pact said over the weekend they were aiming to conclude a deal next year, after making “substantial progress” this week at talks in Miami.

Week-long discussions in the Florida city led by US negotiator Dan Mullaney and the European Union’s Ignacio Garcia-Bercero advanced on the huge number of tariffs to be eliminated under the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), which if completed will be the world’s largest free-trade area.

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