Obama Says U.S. Will Begin Trade Talks With 27 EU Nations
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President Barack Obama pledged to pursue a trade agreement with the European Union that would expand the world’s largest economic relationship, while at the same time completing discussions for a Pacific-region accord.
“Trade that is fair and free across the Atlantic supports millions of good-paying American jobs,” Obama said yesterday in his State of the Union speech. It was his strongest commitment to trade negotiations with the EU.