TTIP trade deal in doubt after Donald Trump victory

A protectionist US president and increased European suspicion of a President Trump-led America undermine the prospects of a planned transatlantic free trade agreement between the EU and the US.

Trump has argued that international trade deals hurt US workers and the country’s competitiveness, but it is not clear to what extent Mr Trump the president will resemble Mr Trump the campaigner.

“If the world’s biggest economy follows a protectionist course, its effects will be felt around the world. We can only hope that his words are not followed by corresponding deeds,” said Thilo Brodtmann, head of Germany’s VDMA engineering association.