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It's looking like, possibly (hopefully), the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks between the U.S. and Europe may be falling apart. According to a BBC article, the French Minister of trade is saying that the trade talks "are likely to grind to a halt".
The French minister, who threatened to leave talks last year, said Europe was offering a lot with little in return. It comes a day after Greenpeace leaked documents from the talks. The environmental group released 248 pages of classified documents, which it said showed how EU standards on public health risked being undermined by the major free-trade agreement.
So, in my opinion, the French (and Greenpeace) deserve a toast (and not with a California red). Now all we have to do is do the same with the TPP!
This is what the trade 'deals' mean for our future if not defeated.
takyon: Also at Foreign Policy, The New York Times .
Previously: TTIP Documents Leaked
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Wednesday May 04 2016, @05:55PM
He'd doing better than I thought possible. But I really doubt he'll get the nomination, and Hillary appears to support the TPP. So I'll probably be voting third party. It almost doesn't matter which one.
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