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General Category => World News => Topic started by: Dexter on October 10, 2015, 02:30:38 pm

Title: #StopTTIP: Hundreds of thousands protest trade deal with US in Berlin
Post by: Dexter on October 10, 2015, 02:30:38 pm

https://www.rt.com/news/318199-berlin-ttip-protest-rally/

Protesters from a range of political groups have gathered in central Berlin for a protest against TTIP, a trade deal between the US and the European Union that critics say will benefit large corporations at the expense of average Europeans.

Title: Re: #StopTTIP: Hundreds of thousands protest trade deal with US in Berlin
Post by: Godzilla on October 10, 2015, 02:33:44 pm

Quote from: Dexter on October 10, 2015, 02:30:38 pm

https://www.rt.com/news/318199-berlin-ttip-protest-rally/

Protesters from a range of political groups have gathered in central Berlin for a protest against TTIP, a trade deal between the US and the European Union that critics say will benefit large corporations at the expense of average Europeans.

Is this the TPP or something else?  It says "TTIP", but I've never heard of a TTIP.

If it's the TPP, it has no European countries on board.

Title: Re: #StopTTIP: Hundreds of thousands protest trade deal with US in Berlin
Post by: Dexter on October 10, 2015, 02:40:41 pm

Quote from: Godzilla on October 10, 2015, 02:33:44 pm

Is this the TPP or something else?  It says "TTIP", but I've never heard of a TTIP.

If it's the TPP, it has no European countries on board.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brookings-now/posts/2015/05/20-trade-terms-explained

Title: Re: #StopTTIP: Hundreds of thousands protest trade deal with US in Berlin
Post by: Godzilla on October 10, 2015, 02:42:12 pm

Quote from: Dexter on October 10, 2015, 02:40:41 pm

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brookings-now/posts/2015/05/20-trade-terms-explained

Ah, thank you for that.