Despite the contradictory signals coming from Berlin, where Germany's vice-chancellor, Sigmar Gabriel, thinks that the EU-US free trade (TTIP) talks have failed, the Commission gave assurances on Monday 29 August that it is still on course for concluding an agreement by the end of 2016, strong in the confirmation of its negotiation mandate by European leaders at the end of June.
Echoing the strong protests to TTIP within the coalition leading the German government, Germany's...