(June 27, 2016 at 11:05 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: The Independent article on the matter was exactly the one I found. Still looks like conspiracy theory to me.
Just saying I require more evidence than rumours about plotting.
Wikipedia Wrote:The European Commission says that the TTIP would boost the EU's economy by €120 billion, the US economy by €90 billion and the rest of the world by €100 billion.[9] Talks began in July 2013 and reached the third round of negotiations by the end of that year.[9]
So you read the part where
"The EU has admitted that TTIP will probably cause unemployment as jobs switch to the US, where labour standards and trade union rights are lower. It has even advised EU members to draw on European support funds to compensate for the expected unemployment.
Examples from other similar bi-lateral trade agreements around the world support the case for job losses. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the US, Canada and Mexico caused the loss of one million US jobs over 12 years, instead of the hundreds of thousands of extra that were promised."
You may refer to me as "Oh High One."