Europe And US In Race To Keep TTIP On Track

[Purveyor]

Source: Financial Times

May 31, 2016 7:11 pm

Washington and Brussels are scrambling to rebuild momentum for a landmark trade accord, amid signs that it is faltering under an increasingly bitter onslaught from politicians on both sides of the Atlantic.

Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, travelled to Paris on Wednesday to sell potentially the world’s biggest trade deal to one of the toughest political constituencies in Europe — a convention of France’s mayors.

He reassured them that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership would not undermine their interests.

“I believe that TTIP negotiations can yield a deal that will profit the European economy — our [small and medium enterprises] and our farmers — without harming standards,” he said.


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[HeartoftheMidwest]

1. K & R for visibility:

All trade deals belong out in the sunshine, for all to see and read and discuss and if necessary, to prevent.

[840high]

2. Yes.

[forest444]

3. Heaven forbid these miscreants ever 'race' to do anything positive for their people.

They would if someone bribed them to do so, no doubt - especially the aforementioned Jean-Claude Juncker (the one who turned Luxembourg into the EU's laundromat).

[Nyan]

4. It's become abundantly clear that EU is a sham.

Greece, Spain, Ireland, and Italy were only a start. If they continue down this road, the US and EU are going down together thanks to their leadership.

[aggiesal]

5. Sell away, you loser! ...

Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, travelled to Paris on Wednesday to sell potentially the world’s biggest trade deal to one of the toughest political constituencies in Europe — a convention of France’s mayors.

This is a nice way of saying he went to bribe the French mayors.

[Pastiche423]

6. Falter more, please!

[moondust]

7. Approval numbers have tanked

on both sides of the Atlantic. Today France24 showed polls in which I think it was about 17% of Europeans now approve of TTIP, down from over 50%, and about 18% of Americans now approve, down about the same.