Mar 30, 2015

10 Powerful Images Explain Why We Should Be Worried About TTIP/CETA

By Stop TTIP / filmsforaction.org

The EU is negotiating two far-reaching trade agreements: one with the USA (TTIP = Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) and one with Canada (CETA = Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement). The official line is that this will create jobs and increase economic growth. However, the beneficiaries of these agreements are not in fact citizens, but big corporations.

Here are 10 reasons we should all be worried about TTIP/CETA.

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Corporations   Globalization   Politics
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