USA EU blackmailed

A leak reveals how US blackmailed the EU in the negotiations on the TTIP 

Posted: 2 May 2016 11:00 GMT During the secret negotiations, Washington pressured Brussels to open its market to US food ecologically considered risky, blocking the import of their cars Several German media they have had access to documents of secret negotiations between the US and the EU on the proposed treaty transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP, for its acronym in English), filtered by Greenpeace, reports Deutsche Welle. What is? According to these documents, Brussels would have been under pressure by the US, specifically by blocking the easing of exports of European cars. That way, Washington would have pressed the European Union to open its market for US food, ecologically considered riskier by the Community authorities said the middle. An activist march in Brussels against the Transatlantic Trade Association and investment, austerity and poverty. "the TPP and TTIP can generate a violent revolution throughout the West" Unlike the US, which allows the sale of all foods as their harmfulness is not established in the EU It applies the precautionary principle, according to which only sold food whose safety has been certified. For that reason, the EU restricts imports of certain genetically engineered foods Americans and treated with hormones. In addition, the leaked documents show that US It would have been blocking the EU requirement to publish the arbitration between corporations that Washington demands that are private. The negotiations on the TTIP took off in 2013 and have not yet beencompleted. The agreement enjoys little popularity in several European countries, including Germany. What is TTIP? The essence of the transatlantic partnership is the elimination of customs, ecological or social barriers to the free movement of goods and services in the territory of EE .S. and the EU. Its proponents argue that the agreement would be beneficial to the economic growth of European countries, encourage job creation and increase economic freedom. However, those who protest against the agreement argue that the treaty wouldincrease the power of big business while levels of social and environmental protection would be reduced. In this context, the Spanish economist Felix Moreno said that the TTIP is not a bilateral free trade, but an agreement regulating. actulidad.rt.com © Autonomous Nonprofit Organization