The proposed free-trade
agreement between the United States and the European Union under
negotiation in Brussels is "an opportunity for Italy", Premier
Matteo Renzi said Thursday.
The planned Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
(TTIP) must "move forward" said Renzi.
He added that it should be tied "to another Italian battle,
that of 'made-in' (Italy) products, in turn linked to the
participation of small and medium-sized enterprises".
The TTIP deal grew out of a decision of late 2011 to boost
trade and revive stagnant economies on both sides of the
Atlantic.
Negotiations began in June 2013 but a deal is unlikely to
be brokered by the original deadline of 2015.
It must also be approved by the European Council and the
European Parliament, and then separately by the national
parliaments of all 28 EU member states before it can come into
force.
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