UNLIKELY THAT AN AGREEMENT ON THE TTIP WILL BE REACHED IN 2016

Currently the negotiations are not balanced. It will only be possible to make progress if the American negotiators are amenable to greater reciprocity. Where the service industry is concerned, the EU has put forward ambitious goals in connection with an opening up of the markets, but its proposals have not been greeted with a great deal of enthusiasm in the United States. We are still a long way away from a balanced agreement on the opening up of public markets. If the current asymmetrical situation lasts, France will not rule out the option of calling for a stop to the negotiations.