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Ref. Ares(2015)4613590 - 27/10/2015
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
Directorate-General for Trade 
Directorate E - Neighbouring countries, USA and Canada 
USA and Canada 
Brussels,  
USA and Canada  
Meeting Report  
Meeting VDMA on 25.02.2015 
VDMA: Dr. R. Festge (President), 



Trade: J-L Demarty, 

  
Main issues discussed were FTAs (TTIP, CETA, Latin America). The other issues that 
VDMA asked to discuss in preparation of the meeting (Post-Bali, market access 
problems in Korea) were not raised by VDMA.  
The main interests of VDMA in TTIP are 100% duty elimination at EIF, RoO and 
TBTs/NTBs in the field of mechanical engineering. VDMA stated that they will try to 
continue working on providing more common positions across the Atlantic, in particular 
in their VDMA-WGs (around 6-8 out of 37), which have an equivalent Committee 
structure in US.  
VDMA stressed to fully support TTIP and CETA, in particular to defend these FTAs 
offensively in discussions with NGOs and trade unions in DE. In this respect JLD 
provided explanations on the core issues currently discussed politically in DE (also with 
regard to discussions in SPD/Gabriel). He stressed that also MS and industry need to well 
communicate the benefits of TTIP and CETA in public. He explained in detail the 
ratification processes, both for TTIP and CETA, and gave an overview of our trade 
relations in Latin America (Mexico, Chile, Columbia/Peru, Mercosur). A negative 
outcome on TTIP would certainly have implications on practically all our bilateral 
negotiations.   
Regarding RoO for chapters 84, 85, JLD clarified that conclusions should not be drawn 
from CETA for TTIP.  
Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË - Tel. +32 22991111 

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