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Food Slows EU-US Trade Deal; Pharma Uses TPP against Global Health; EU Lawmakers Cave to TPP Pressure
Friday, June 12, 2015 11:37
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Food fights block EU–US trade deal. Food safety is a major stumbling block in EU-US talks aimed at creating the world’s biggest free trade zone.
Leaked Text Shows Big Pharma Using TPP To Undermine Global Health. “The Great Treaty is taking shape in complete secrecy, because along with its undebated geostrategic ambitions it locks into place an aggressive new form of transnational corporatism for which there is little public support.”
Caving to Public Pressure, EU Lawmakers Delay Key TTIP Vote. “This profound change in public sentiment is because these deals no longer have much to do with trade. Rather they are about reshaping and limiting the ability of governments to regulate in the public interest.”
