The end of the TTIP? (Hello, usually I use a dictionary for translating into English but this time, I decided not to in order to test my abilities. So please be indulgent.) Is the TTIP dead? On August 26th , Sigmar Gabriel, the German vice-counsellor declared that the negotiations between the United States and the European Union were in a deadlock. As a consequence, the fiercest opponents to this project have first believed that the game was won. This hope was even more realistic that France, through her Secretary of State for external trade, Mathias Feckl intends to ask the Commission to stop her participation to the negotiations. So, this end of summer seemed positive for the opponents to this trade treaty which aims at establishing the largest free trade zone in the world. Angela Merkel and Jean Claude Junker have quickly denied those forecasts. The latest, as President of the Commission highlighted the fact that the mandate delivered in July 2013 to the European Executive by the 28 member states in order to lead the negotiations to the end is still “fully valid”, that day. By the way, introducing the TTIP as an “opportunity for growth and employment in Europe”. Jean-Claude Junker dryly reprimanded France for changing her mind on this file. Originally planned to be achieved at the end of 2016, the discussions could even be accelerated due to the American electoral context according to many observers. As a big supporter of the project, Barack Obama fears indeed that the administration that will follow next January would bury the transatlantic treaty for good. Representative of a strong protectionism, the republican Donald Trump fight this project as well as the free-trade agreements recently concluded between the United States and 5 South-Eastern Asian countries. Hillary Clinton, in order to be well considered by the left-wing side of the Democratic Party to favour her election at the White House, promises a major change concerning the free trade treaties policy. In Europe, the upcoming elections also play a main part in the States’ decisions about the TTIP as it is massively rejected by the European opinions. The text is widely considered as too much in favour of the big companies’ interests. The protest, led by the organised civil society organisations seems to be very impressive for the European citizens. With the federal German elections coming soon, and a much weakened Angela Merkel, are Sigmar Gabriel’s words a political calculation or his real conviction?