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Possibly breaking news.....TTIP talks 'likely to stop'.

Accepted submission by Gaaark at 2016-05-03 20:31:28
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From the i-am-spartacus dept,

It's looking like, possibly (hopefully), the TTIP trade talks between the U.S. and Europe may be falling apart: according to a BBC article
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36191577 [bbc.com], the French Minister of trade is saying that the 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 Green Peace) deserve a toast (and not with a California red). Now all we have to do is do the same with the TTP!

This: http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-ttp-and-ttip-trade-agreements-a-dystopian-future-in-which-corporations-rather-than-elected-governments-call-the-shots/5447643 [globalresearch.ca] is what the trade 'deals' mean for our future if not defeated.


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