Now that’s a good idea, but we fear it won’t fly, although the Brits should back it: Edzard Reuter, a top German industrialist and potential political leader, called on Friday for a transatlantic free trade zone linking the European Union and the North American Free Trade Agreement, Reuter reports from Berlin: speaking to a German-American business conference, the outgoing chairman of Daimler-Benz AG said there were infinite advantages to connecting the world’s two largest and richest trade blocs, not only creating millions of jobs, but also defusing what he called the rising potential of dangerous global trade disputes flaring up; Reuter is a leading figure in the Social Democratic party, and has dropped loud hints he may pursue a career in politics after he retires from the helm of Daimler next year.
