Informal meeting of EU trade ministers in Bratislava
An ambitious TTIP agreement should be further pursued
On the occasion of the informal meeting of trade ministers on Friday in Bratislava, Utz Tillmann (director-general of the German chemical industry association VCI) calls upon the EU to continue pursuing an ambitious TTIP agreement:
“TTIP is an enormously important economic perspective for the European Union. But the trade agreement with the USA also opens up the chance to shape a globalisation with fair and equitable rules. At their forthcoming meeting the trade ministers should not give rise to doubt about the goal of an ambitious agreement. I am convinced that at the end of the negotiations, the European Commission will present a good agreement that can be put to the vote. The Commission has only recently demonstrated its negotiation skills with CETA.”
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The VCI represents the politico-economic interests of over 1,650 German chemical companies and German subsidiaries of foreign businesses. For this purpose, the VCI is in contact with politicians, public authorities, other industries, science and media.The VCI stands for over 90 percent of the chemical industry in Germany. In 2015 the German chemical industry realised sales of around 189 billion euros and employed 446,000 staff.