The lies behind this transatlantic trade deal | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian

The lies behind this transatlantic trade deal | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian

Another important article by George Monbiot about the grave threats emerging from the transatlantic trade talks (TTIP). Monbiot also highlights that "the persistent digging by the Corporate Europe Observatory reveals that the commission has held eight meetings on the issue with civil society groups, and 119 with corporations and their lobbyists".

 

A nuclear power plant in Biblis, south-west Germany. The investor-state dispute settlement is aready 'being used by a nuclear company contesting Germany's decision to switch off atomic power'. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters