TTIP Talks: What's Cooking? - Content - The Greens | European Free Alliance
In the first event of its kind, the Greens/EFA in
the European Parliament with the support of civil society and farmers’
organisations from both sides of the Atlantic, is pleased to invite you
to a conference on the impacts of a potential EU-US trade agreement
(TTIP) on food and farming.
With invited speakers
from the food and farming sectors and civil society, and invited
respondents from the European Commission, this conference promises to be
an open and frank debate on TTIP and its potential consequences on food
safety standards, consumer rights, animal welfare and the wider impact
on rural areas.
With much of the debate on TTIP focusing on questions relating to food, we want to examine in further detail:
How can such differing standards for food and farming be harmonised without a serious compromise on the European side?
Will TTIP lead to the further industrialisation of agriculture in Europe?
Who benefits from the deal? Agri-businesses or farmers?
How can we maintain a high level of transparency and traceability for European consumers?
How
a lack of transparency in the negotiations themselves is doing nothing
to stem public fears that the TTIP negotiations could already be
watering down key rules and standards for food and farming.
