http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/77218/France-threatens-to-walk-away-from-TTIP-negotiations?France’s junior trade minister Matthias Fekl has threatened “outright termination” of his country’s involvement in the EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations, saying a "total lack of transparency" in TTIP talks poses a "democratic problem". In an interview with the French newspaper Sud-Ouest published on Monday, Fekl said he believes the negotiations favour American interests.