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Article

2 May 2016

Author:
John Hilary, War on Want in Independent (UK)

After the leaks today showing just what it really stands for, this could be the end for TTIP

Today’s shock leak of the text of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) marks the beginning of the end for the hated EU-US trade deal…The unelected negotiators have kept the talks going until now by means of a fanatical level of secrecy…Now, for the first time, the people of Europe can see for themselves what the European Commission has been doing under cover of darkness - and it is not pretty. The leaked TTIP documents, published by Greenpeace this morning, run to 248 pages and cover 13 of the 17 chapters where the final agreement has begun to take shape…The documents show that US corporations will be granted unprecedented powers over any new public health or safety regulations to be introduced in future.