NSA Spying Could Complicate US-Europe Trade Talks-Courtesy of VOA
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The size and_______ of the alleged NSA surveillance have outraged European leaders. French President Francois Hollande called it “______." German Chancellor Angela Merkel - whose cell phone was allegedly tapped by the U.S. - said her trust has been severely ______. And at an E.U. gathering in Brussels, Germany’s Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle demanded the ______.
“For us, spying on close______ and partners is totally unacceptable. This undermines ______ and this can harm our friendship," said Westerwelle.
The White House has denied the most serious ______, saying the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the German leader’s communications. But less ______ is whether it did so in the past.
European Parliament President Martin Schulz expressed______. "I asked United States officials if this is true. They said perhaps, because of____________ matters… I could guarantee the European Parliament is not planning______ attacks on the United States!”
Unless Americans prove the_________untrue, Schulz recommends suspending talks on a two-way free trade agreement between Europe and the United States. European leaders have _________those remarks.
But trade expert Stephen Szabo at the Transatlantic Academy said the alleged spying _________ ongoing negotiations.
“I think what will happen is the whole issue of data_________, which is something the French have been pushing very hard, will now become a much more _________ issue. The Germans have been much more open to having an agreement on data privacy and I think this is going to make it more _________,” said Szabo.
U.S. trade officials insist conversations regarding N.S.A. surveillance be handled _________ from trade negotiations. Szabo said the controversy could give European companies the _________ hand.
“It’s bad news for American companies, IT companies like Google and Apple and so on, because now you have the European, the German firms saying - 'go with us because we can_________ your data.' So it is going to hurt, it’s going to cost billions of dollars to American companies."
Experts say a Trans-Atlantic_________ pact could be the biggest bilateral trade deal in history, representing _________of the world’s total economic output and about_________ percent of global trade.
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