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http://atlanticreview.org [Atlantic Review - Analysis of Transatlantic Relations and U.S. Foreign Policy] Christoph von Marschall explains in Der Tagesspiegel (in German) that Merkel is not proposing an ambitious Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA), but common technical standards and patent laws so that European and American companies do not need to please two bureaucracies. This is expected to increase trade.

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