Friday, March 18, 2016

Latest Leak Confirms TTIP a 'Serious Threat to Democracy as We Know It'

Click here to access article by Deirdre Fulton from Common Dreams
EU member states and the European Parliament will be "sidelined" in favor of big business and U.S. interests should the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) go through, according to a leaked document revealed Friday.

The leak, of the corporate-friendly trade deal's draft chapter on "regulatory cooperation" between the EU and U.S., was made public by The Independent and Brussels-based campaign group Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO).