France has given its strongest indication yet that it’s opposed to the controversial transatlantic trade deal being negotiated between the US and the European Union. President Hollande said his country couldn’t accept the accord as it stood now because France was against what he called free trade without rules...“We have indicated what our principles are, within the framework of international trade negotiations. I’m thinking of standards for health, food, and social, cultural and environmental issues. We will never accept these essential principles being jeopardised – for the sake of our agriculture, our culture, for reciprocal arrangements, for access to public markets,” the president told a meeting of left-wing politicians in Paris...