French senators strongly attack EU-US trade deal

During a debate in the French Senate in January 2014, all political parties harshly criticised the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) being negotiated between the EU and the US, while the French government defended the potential deal.

Separately, the article in Spiegel Online International (see related url hyperlink) suggested an unusually broad alliance of anti-globalization groups, NGOs, environmental and consumer protection groups, civil rights groups and organised labor was joining forces in both the US and Europe to campaign against TTIP.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: TTIP: EU Chief Negotiator says EU-US trade deal not about deregulation, as third round of talks end in Washington http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-ttip-eu-chief-negotiator-says-eu-us-trade-deal-not-about-deregulation-as-third-round-of-talks-end-in-washington/

Spiegel Online International, 23.01.14: Corporation Carte Blanche: Will US-EU Trade Become Too Free? http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/criticism-grows-over-investor-protections-in-transatlantic-trade-deal-a-945107.html

ESO: Key Source: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) http://www.europeansources.info/record/transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-ttip/

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