https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday she wanted to resume talks between the European Union and the United States on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). https://www.thelocal.de/20170628/merkel-hopes-to-breath-new-life-into-free-trade-talks-with-washington Wed, 28 Jun 2017 11:25:20 +0200 merkel-hopes-to-breath-new-life-into-free-trade-talks-with-washington German Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted Thursday that a trade deal between the European Union and United States would not be concluded now, after the election of Donald Trump, who opposes the planned accord. https://www.thelocal.de/20161117/merkel-admits-us-free-trade-deal-is-now-dead Thu, 17 Nov 2016 19:09:49 +0100 merkel-admits-us-free-trade-deal-is-now-dead Germany's top court on Thursday rejected a case brought by 125,000 co-plaintiffs against a controversial EU trade deal with Canada, giving a preliminary green light for approval to move forward. https://www.thelocal.de/20161013/german-court-gives-green-light-to-controversial-canada-trade-deal Thu, 13 Oct 2016 13:09:08 +0200 german-court-gives-green-light-to-controversial-canada-trade-deal Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that those opposed to the EU signing the TTIP free trade deal with the US wouldn't be half as loud if the negotiations were with Russia. https://www.thelocal.de/20161006/merkel-implies-ttip-opponents-are-anti-american Thu, 06 Oct 2016 16:50:01 +0200 merkel-implies-ttip-opponents-are-anti-american More than 160,000 demonstrators thronged seven major cities across Germany on Saturday in protest over a massive transatlantic trade deal, dealing a new blow to the disputed accord. https://www.thelocal.de/20160917/huge-numbers-to-march-in-germany-against-canada-deal Sat, 17 Sep 2016 11:14:06 +0200 huge-numbers-to-march-in-germany-against-canada-deal German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday stressed her continued support for an EU-US trade agreement being negotiated but recently declared dead by her deputy and by a French minister. https://www.thelocal.de/20160901/merkel-says-eu-us-trade-deal-not-dead Thu, 01 Sep 2016 19:00:18 +0200 merkel-says-eu-us-trade-deal-not-dead Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said on Sunday that negotiations on a massive trade deal between the European Union and the United States were effectively dead in the water. https://www.thelocal.de/20160829/vice-chancellor-ttip-has-failed-us-eu Mon, 29 Aug 2016 11:56:57 +0200 vice-chancellor-ttip-has-failed-us-eu Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that the German parliament should be consulted on the EU's free trade deal with Canada, setting her on a collision course with European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker. https://www.thelocal.de/20160630/merkel-demands-german-vote-on-eu-free-trade-deal Thu, 30 Jun 2016 18:48:17 +0200 merkel-demands-german-vote-on-eu-free-trade-deal The EU won't sacrifice its high food safety standards for better US auto market access in a transatlantic trade deal being negotiated, a German minister said Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160507/eu-wont-sacrifice-food-safety-for-us-trade-deal-germany Sat, 07 May 2016 11:36:32 +0200 eu-wont-sacrifice-food-safety-for-us-trade-deal-germany Germans are growing increasingly wary of a vast EU-US trade pact currently under negotiation, an opinion poll showed Thursday, as Chancellor Angela Merkel said she hoped for a deal by year-end. https://www.thelocal.de/20160505/germans-increasingly-doubtful-on-eu-us-trade-pact-poll Thu, 05 May 2016 15:06:15 +0200 germans-increasingly-doubtful-on-eu-us-trade-pact-poll Greenpeace charged on Monday that a massive US-EU trade deal would place corporate interests above the environment and consumer safety, as it released classified documents from the negotiations. https://www.thelocal.de/20160502/greenpeace-berlin-leaked-ttip-papers-show-threat-to-eu Mon, 02 May 2016 15:27:43 +0200 greenpeace-berlin-leaked-ttip-papers-show-threat-to-eu US President Barack Obama arrived on a valedictory visit to Germany on Sunday to see his "friend" Chancellor Angela Merkel, but their show of unity looked unlikely to silence opposition to their push for a transatlantic trade pact. https://www.thelocal.de/20160424/obama-makes-farewell-visit-to-germany-on-free-trade-push Sun, 24 Apr 2016 19:40:35 +0200 obama-makes-farewell-visit-to-germany-on-free-trade-push Tens of thousands of opponents of a proposed transatlantic trade deal poured onto German streets Saturday on the eve of a visit by US President Barack Obama. https://www.thelocal.de/20160424/german-trade-deal-foes-protest-on-eve-of-obama-visit Sun, 24 Apr 2016 11:36:15 +0200 german-trade-deal-foes-protest-on-eve-of-obama-visit Opponents of a proposed transatlantic trade deal hope to draw tens of thousands onto German streets Saturday, on the eve of a visit by US President Barack Obama. https://www.thelocal.de/20160423/trade-deal-foes-plan-major-german-rally-on-eve-of-obama-visit Sat, 23 Apr 2016 10:46:11 +0200 trade-deal-foes-plan-major-german-rally-on-eve-of-obama-visit The United States overtook France to become Germany's most important trading partner last year for the first time since the mid-1970s, official data showed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160302/us-overtakes-france-as-germanys-biggest-customer Wed, 02 Mar 2016 17:56:55 +0100 us-overtakes-france-as-germanys-biggest-customer The President (speaker) of the Bundestag, Norbert Lammert, has threatened to vote against the US-EU TTIP free trade agreement when it comes to a vote before the German parliament, saying that the deal lacks transparency and democratic legitimacy. https://www.thelocal.de/20151028/bundestag-head-threatens-to-block-ttip Wed, 28 Oct 2015 11:24:16 +0100 bundestag-head-threatens-to-block-ttip Jennifer Gavito took over the helm as the US Consul General to Munich in August, becoming the first woman to hold the position. The Local spoke with her about the refugee crisis, TTIP and what the United States can learn from Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20151027/interview-with-first-female-woman-munich-united-states-consul-general Tue, 27 Oct 2015 10:32:39 +0100 interview-with-first-female-woman-munich-united-states-consul-general Hundreds of thousands of people rallied on Saturday in the German capital against the massive free-trade accord being negotiated by the European Union and the United States. https://www.thelocal.de/20151010/big-turnout-at-berlin-anti-ttip-demo Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:07:00 +0200 big-turnout-at-berlin-anti-ttip-demo Organizers of a mass rally in Berlin against US-EU free trade agreement TTIP say that they expect around 50,000 people on Saturday from all over Germany to take part. https://www.thelocal.de/20151009/50000-expected-at-berlin-anti-ttip-demo Fri, 09 Oct 2015 18:39:41 +0200 50000-expected-at-berlin-anti-ttip-demo Leaders of the G7 group of nations agreed on Monday to aim for a maximum two degrees of global warming, hoping to present a united front at December's Paris climate summit. https://www.thelocal.de/20150608/g7-leaders-unite-around-2-degree-warming-goal Mon, 08 Jun 2015 16:49:31 +0200 g7-leaders-unite-around-2-degree-warming-goal