Brussels, 23/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - European Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht has said that the national parliaments of the 28 EU member states will “very likely” need to ratify the future EU-US free trade agreement that is currently being negotiated.
“It is very likely that due to the breadth of the negotiations that TTIP will be a 'mixed agreement'. A mixed agreement clearly means that the national parliaments and institutional bodies like the Bundesrat will co-decide on...