What is TTIP? | War on Want
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Several people have asked us to highlight the current campaign against
the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
War on
Want have a very good summary of what the TTIP is, and why it is a
problem (you can find more information on their website at http://www.waronwant.org/
"The Transatlantic
Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a comprehensive free trade
and investment treaty currently being negotiated – in secret – between
the European Union and the USA. As officials from both sides
acknowledge, the main goal of TTIP is to remove regulatory ‘barriers’
which restrict the potential profits to be made by transnational
corporations on both sides of the Atlantic.
Yet these
‘barriers’ are in reality some of our most prized social standards and
environmental regulations, such as labour rights, food safety rules
(including restrictions on GMOs), regulations on the use of toxic
chemicals, digital privacy laws and even new banking safeguards
introduced to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. The stakes,
in other words, could not be higher."
There are a number of petitions circulating against the TTIP, with one of the largest ones at 38 degrees: https://
