The World from Berlin: 'It's Worth Promoting Economic NATO'

[sysop]

The European Union and United States say they will soon begin negotiations to create the world's largest free-trade zone. German editorialists argue a deal is necessary if the West wants to help shape global politics and address the challenge of a rising China.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...-a-883410.html

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Originally Posted by sysop

The European Union and United States say they will soon begin negotiations to create the world's largest free-trade zone. German editorialists argue a deal is necessary if the West wants to help shape global politics and address the challenge of a rising China.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...-a-883410.html

Unfair trade practices and China's manifest intent of hoarding hard currency, not unlike the accumulation of financial wealth by the super-rich of the western world,
that is the challenge.