Obama, Dutch PM Push TTIP Following Bilateral Meeting
President Barack Obama and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte expressed support for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership as a tool to create bilateral, U.S.-European Union growth during public comments that followed a March 24 meeting between the two heads…
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of state at The Hague in the Netherlands. “We’re already among each other’s largest trade and investment partners, but we can always do more,” said Obama, according to a transcript released by the White House. “And so I appreciated the Netherlands’ strong support for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP, which can fuel growth both in the United States and in Europe, especially for our small and medium-sized companies.” Obama traveled to The Hague for the Nuclear Security Summit. The U.S. and EU concluded the most recent TTIP round of negotiations on March 14 (see 14031101). Obama also met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on March 24 at The Hague, but the two leaders did not discuss trade in remarks that preceded the bilateral, according to a transcript released by the White House.