Europeans want to scrap TTIP and start other trade talks

From FOEEUROPE

The negotiations between the European Union and USA related to the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) have not gone well:

September 23, 2016

Austrian Economy Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner has joined a call by France’s Trade Minister Matthias Fekl, urging his EU counterparts to end talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

In an interview for Friday’s edition of German newspaper Die Welt, Mitterlehner said free trade talks should begin “under a new title and with different substantive headings,” including greater transparency.

“TTIP has become a metaphor for the exuberant dealings of big corporations. That has a negative connotation. We hope for a good deal, but it has to be approached differently,” he added. …

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership would create the world’s biggest free trade area with a market of 850 million consumers stretching from Hawaii to Lithuania.

But the deal, under negotiation since 2013, has become a hot potato as key elections approach in the United States, France and Germany. Washington and Brussels are officially committed to sealing the free trade deal before President Barack Obama leaves office in January.

However, earlier this month German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel declared that negotiations were “de facto dead.” And France’s trade minister said the United States had demanded too much and not compromised enough. http://www.dw.com/en/austria-france-push-for-ttip-restart-under-new-name/a-19569802

Last month I posted:

Many European leaders have wanted Europe to take the lead on trade and other matters, and they ultimately will do so according to biblical prophecy. Whether or not TTIP exists.

Also, because of the Brexit, expect to see the UK try to make trade deals directly with the USA and Canada–but this will only help for a short time as all of those nations are doomed without national repentance (cf. Jeremiah 30:7).

Economically, the USA is no longer going to be the head, but the tail (cf. Deuteronomy 28:13,44). This European-dominated new world order will result in the Europeans being on top (but only for a while), and the USA and UK no longer dominant. (Thiel B. German Vice Chancellor claims TTIP is dead because of USA demands. COGwriter, August 28, 2016)

Earlier this week, I posted:

Could the WTO and TTIP agreements, or variants of them, be a prelude to Revelation 13:16-18?

They certainly seem to be.

Economically, the USA is no longer going to be the head, but the tail (cf. Deuteronomy 28:13,44). (Thiel B. TTIP & CETA protests show European anti-Americanism. COGwriter, September 18, 2016)

So, the Europeans are already talking about some type of variant of TTIP. Look for a renamed trade deal (called something other than TTIP) between the USA and the Europeans. Such a deal will be proposed.

Last month and last week, I also posted about European concerns:

The European Union is concerned that it cannot compete well with US agriculture, and having a partial GMO barrier has helped it keep many of its farmers working. It also, in my view, has helped protect the health of Europeans as I do not believe that GMOs have been tested thoroughly enough to insure that they do not have negative consequences on any aspect of human health. (Thiel B. German Vice Chancellor claims TTIP is dead because of USA demands. COGwriter, August 28, 2016)

… the Europeans are worried that the USA produces “substandard items” that do not conform to their rules. The Europeans expect the world to adopt their standards. Most Americans do not realize that for the past several decades the Europeans have persuaded more and more countries to accept THEIR rules. Since the Bible tells of a time when Europe will be the leading economic power in the world (cf. Revelation 18), it is somewhat logical to conclude that Europe will get many nations to accept their rules. And this is happening–but the USA has been resisting in certain areas. (Thiel B. TTIP & CETA protests show European anti-Americanism. COGwriter, September 18, 2016)

Today, the New York Times posted:

September 23, 2016

BRUSSELS — Talks for a massive free trade deal between the United States and European Union, the world’s biggest economies, appear to be on the rocks.

An accord was supposed to breathe new life into global trade, setting a shining example for other countries as they debate whether to knock down barriers to commerce or insulate their home industries.

But EU ministers were deeply pessimistic Friday that the talks for such a pact can be concluded under the current U.S. administration. …

Opponents in Europe argue that it would water down EU standards. European consumer groups worry that food in the U.S. is not produced to the same health and environmental standards as in Europe. Europeans also seem more concerned about their privacy and the protection of their personal data, and sanctions can be levied for abuses. Others worry that banned chemicals might find their way onto the shelves of European stores. The EU bans more than 1,300 hazardous chemicals, compared with around a dozen in the U.S. …

WHEN ARE THE TALKS LIKELY TO BE CONCLUDED?

Senior European officials say there is little likelihood of a deal before President Barack Obama leaves office next January — the deadline set by negotiators in Brussels and Washington. After that, France and Germany hold general elections, and no big movement appears likely before the formation of a new government, sometime around the end of 2017. Austria and France are already calling for TTIP talks to be put on ice until after the U.S. presidential elections, then relaunched with a new name and mandate given the toxic public reaction in Europe so far. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/09/23/world/europe/ap-eu-europe-us-trade-qa.html?_r=0

Europe continues to want to resist GMOs and USA standards. Europeans want to set the standards for the world, and that is consistent with certain biblical prophecies.

Economically, the USA is no longer going to be the head, but the tail (cf. Deuteronomy 28:13,44).

The Bible tells that many will become rich by the coming European daughter of Babylon system, but that it will eventually end, and many will mourn:

11 “And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise anymore: 12 merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, silk and scarlet, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of ivory, every kind of object of most precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble; 13 and cinnamon and incense, fragrant oil and frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour and wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and chariots, and bodies and souls of men. 14 The fruit that your soul longed for has gone from you, and all the things which are rich and splendid have gone from you, and you shall find them no more at all. 15 The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16 and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls! 17 For in one hour such great riches came to nothing.’ Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance 18 and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What is like this great city?’

19 “They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.’ (Revelation 18:11-19)

A massive trading system, also involving human trafficking, is discussed in the Hebrew scriptures as well (Ezekiel 27:12-16). Apparently after the USA is taken over )Daniel 11:39; Habakkuk 2:6-8), human trafficking is again going to become ‘legal.’ Many will be shocked to learn that the USA and its Anglo-Saxon allies are to be among those that will be bought and sold (see the article Will the Anglo-Saxon Nations be Divided and Have People Taken as Slaves? and/or watch the video Will the USA and other Anglo-nations be Divided and Their People Made Slaves?). Anti-American sentiments will be worse than most now imagine!

The election in the USA has greatly offended the Europeans. Donald Trump, in particular, scares them (see also Donald Trump in Prophecy) and Barack Obama has often disappointed them. Nor do they care for certain aspects of Hillary Clinton’s policies.

Irrespective of USA politics, the prophesied reality is that Europe will end up setting many of the world’s trade standards.

Long-term readers of this page realize that for many years, I have believed that a split would happen between the USA and the Europeans partially because of how the Europeans will view how the USA handles/mishandles bilateral trade issues (there are also other factors like USA debt, GMOs, etc.). It remains my view that trade disputes will be a factor in the Europeans taking over the USA. And that WILL HAPPEN (cf. Isaiah 10:5-11; Daniel 11:39).

Furthermore, the Europeans realize that the current election cycle in the USA will affect trade. This will not end well for the USA.

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