Na het uitlekken van de onderhandelingspunten over TTIP tussen EU en USA, ging de bewustwording er over in een hogere versnelling. Gisteren demonstreerden in Duitsland tienduizenden tegen dit handelsverdrag. Deze discussie laar U zien waarom.

This trade agreement has been touted as being good for the countries involved: that it would offer benefits for both people and businesses, like improved purchasing power, more jobs, cheaper products: the list is long. But a recent leak by Greenpeace has put the US and EU wide-ranging TTIP trade deal in jeopardy.

In this edition of the debate, we’ll discuss what those leaks were, and why this trade agreement would weaken standards and protections for the benefit of corporate interests.

Guests:
– Fmr. Assistant Secy. of US Treasury, Paul Craig Roberts (from FLORIDA, USA)
– Finance Editor, The Independent, Sean O’Grady (from LONDON)

Duur: 23:21

Een langere documentaire van circa een uur vindt u hier. (The Trouble With TTIP: A documentary about the dangers of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership trade talks being held between the European Union and the United States of America. Producer Stephen Morris. Via Youtube)