Obama Joins Angela Merkel in Pushing Trade Deal to a Wary Germany

The New York Times: HANOVER, Germany — President Obama said on Sunday that he was confident the United States and the European Union would succeed in negotiating a new trans-Atlantic trade deal by the end of the year, saying the benefits of such an agreement were “indisputable.”

Mr. Obama said images of factories moving overseas and lost jobs created a narrative about trade agreements that “drives, understandably, a lot of suspicion” in places like the United States and Germany. But, he added, well-designed trade deals can have greater benefits.

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