France doubles down on call for caution over EU-US trade deal

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PARIS — France’s EU affairs minister Benjamin Haddad said Tuesday that the EU should not rush to ratify last year’s trade deal with the U.S., insisting on the need to add more safeguards. "There is no reason to unilaterally implement a deal if it is not respected by the other side. Trade must be reciprocal. This is why we should not give up on the clauses," Haddad told POLITICO after a meeting with Bernd Lange, chair of the European Parliament’s trade committee and the lead lawmaker on the

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