Has France put an end to TTIP trade deal?

Prime Minister Manuel Valls tells governing Socialist Party arrangement goes against the EU's interests

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(Image credit: FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)

With the Brexit vote dominating press coverage over the weekend, a hugely significant but little publicised intervention by French Prime Minister Manuel Valls looks set to scupper the controversial US-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

What is the TTIP?

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