PARIS: Free trade negotiations between the European Union and the United States were supposed to be heading for the home stretch, but now the chances of a deal appear remote.

Last weekend Germany’s vice chancellor and economy minister Sigmar Gabriel said the negotiations on the so-called TTIP agreement were effectively dead, with French junior trade minister Matthias Fekl calling Tuesday for a halt to the talks.

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