TTIP DEAL COULD BE SMALLER AND MORE MODEST THAN HOPED, EXPERTS WARN
March 1st, 2014
THE PLANNED trade agreement between the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) could be “smaller” and “more modest” than hoped due to a number of intractable issues – one American lobbyist warned this week. Speaking at an EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) stakeholder briefing in Brussels, Michael Dolan from the labour union International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) referred to the “enormous gulf” between the EU and US positions.One of these “gulfs” is Europe's unwillingness to buy hormone-treated meat or ...
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