德国总理默克尔1日在柏林会见来访的美国副总统拜登，双方强调加强欧美关系的重要性，表示将致力于建立跨大西洋自由贸易区。

German chancellor Angela merkel in Berlin 1, met with visiting U.S. vice President biden,The two sides emphasize the importance of the relationship between strengthen Europe and the United States,Said will be devoted to establish free trade area across the Atlantic ocean.

　　默克尔和拜登当天在会谈前举行的简短新闻发布会上均表示，双方将就欧洲债务危机、欧美自贸区协定、加强金融监管以及阿富汗反恐等国际问题交换意见。

Merkel and biden the day before the talks in a brief news conference said all,The two sides will European debt crisis/Europe and the United States free trade agreement/The strengthening of financial supervision and Afghanistan and other international problem exchange of views.

　　据《南德意志报》当天报道，默克尔和德美两国经济组织均支持建立跨大西洋自由贸易区，但美国政府此前一直犹豫不决。一个欧美“高级别工作小组” 已就此问题工作了一年多，有望本周提交结论报告。

According to[For she will]The report,Angela merkel, the German and the two countries economic organizations are support the establishment of a free trade area across the Atlantic ocean,But the U.S. government had been hesitant.A Europe and the United States"High level team work" This problem has been working for more than a year,This week is expected to submit conclusion report.

　　建立跨大西洋自由贸易区可使欧盟和美国经济增长率平均每年增加1.5个百分点，但目前双方存在的最大难题是如何解决商品标准化问题，例如转基因食品。

Establish trans-atlantic free trade area can make the European Union and the United States economic growth rate is increased by 1.5% per year on average,But the two parties is the most difficult problem is how to solve the commodity standardization problem,Such as genetically modified food.