UN TRATADO LLENO DE HISTORIA Y DE MISTERIO

Aunque se dibuja como el acuerdo internacional mas grande de la historia hay más sombras que  luces en este proyecto que lleva ya cocinándose 12 años.
Es muy ambicioso y concierne directamente a muchos de nuestros hábitos de consumo incluso a nuestra salud y educación.
Sería importante que actuemos mientras estamos a tiempo y contribuyamos a ser obstáculo de lo que es la pérdida de nuestra soberanía en manos de las multinacionales. A nosotros nos importa por lo que hagan con los animales y por que se reduzcan o eliminen los estándares de bienestar animal y a los americanos les preocupan las actividades que desplegarían los bancos ingleses.

US-EU trade deal - the Guardian briefing

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What is TTIP, other than an ugly acronym? And will it boost global prosperity by billions of pounds every year – or just make big business ever more influential and unaccountable? As US and EU negotiators get into the nitty gritty this week, here’s the lowdown on what promises to be the world’s biggest ever trade deal

 

A protest against TTIP in Brussels in advance of the current round of talks between European and US negotiators to reach agreement over transatlantic trade. Photograph: Ye Pingfan/Corbis

Ian Traynor and Mark Rice-Oxley

Thursday 5 February 2015 10.47 GMT Last modified on Tuesday 24 February 2015 18.19 GMT

What’s the story?

It’s been called the most contested acronym in Europe, a putative free-trade deal between the world’s two richest trading powers that will either unleash untold prosperity or economic and cultural ruin, depending on your point of view.
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is an ugly mouthful, and not just in name. The aim is not just to reduce tariffs between the EU and US but to remove regulatory barriers and standardise rules so that companies can access each other’s market more easily.
It has the potential to be the biggest trade deal ever concluded.

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But there are formidable pitfalls and obstacles along the way. Europeans hope the talks, which embark on an eighth round this week after almost two years of deliberation, will result in access to financial services in the US. Washington is resisting.
The Americans are eyeing up the food markets that serve the EU’s 500 million mouths. Europeans are concerned this will bring lower US food standards to a continent that prizes its Italian hams and French champagnes.
Above all, public scepticism to the trade accord is spreading across Europe, where growing numbers are suspicious of their political leadership and disenchanted by two decades of globalisation.

How did this happen?

The treaty has been in the works for 12 years, and came about as it became apparent that bigger global trade deals would be hard to achieve. Negotiations started in 2013 and involve at least 100 participants.