Can we talk about TTIP for a bit

[Welshbeef]

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/01/le...

Could TTIP be the nail in the stay in Campaign?
Do we all really know what TTIP is and what if means?
How much power will we lose?
What hard negotiated animal welfare and environmental issues will have to be ignored
What competitive advantage will it give US companies over EU
Why are we all being kept in the dark about it yet in Germany people are in the light and protesting hard against it.

[Welshbeef]

Hoofy said:

I'll keep it simple as this is the key thing as I understand it: imagine a US-developed drug that is passed in the US as being safe, but we deem it unsafe. Under TTIP, if the NHS refuses to use it, the US drug company can sue the NHS for millions.

I've kind of listed the negatives as far as I'm aware no doubt countless more. But what are the pro's?
Personally I think we rightly have some good laws on ethical issues and environmental - but I'd caveat that with there is a very very long way to go for the away to improve on these laws too but the USA would be a big backward step.

One thing the US is good at is its emissions v our Diesel.

[Welshbeef]

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/03/do...


So 3 years of negotiation so far and impasse over so many key areas - France now to veto it as it stands