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The idea of an EU-US free trade zone has been cropping up more frequently in recent years (Photo: EUobserver)

EU-US trade ties high on German presidency agenda

German chancellor Angela Merkel has vowed to push for closer economic co-operation between the EU and the US, in proposals reminiscent of ideas for a future transatlantic marketplace.

The German leader told the Financial Times on Wednesday (3 January) that she will use her country's presidency of the EU – taken up on Monday – to promote the plan.

"At the forthcoming EU-US summit we want to talk about ever-closer economic co-operation. Our economic systems are based on the same v...

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The idea of an EU-US free trade zone has been cropping up more frequently in recent years (Photo: EUobserver)

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