TTIP is no reason to leave the EU

Britain’s eurosceptics on the left and right have found common cause in objecting to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Libertarians claim TTIP is bad because it would create a new system of regulations. Critics on the left say TTIP is a corporate power grab that threatens the National Health Service (NHS). John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor has said TTIP will “enable the corporations to steal from us even more”.

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

ESO: Background information: The NHS, TTIP, and the EU referendum http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-nhs-ttip-and-the-eu-referendum/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

Blog: Open Europe, 20.05.16: There’s no basis for claims that the NHS is under threat from TTIP http://openeurope.org.uk/today/blog/theres-no-basis-claims-nhs-threat-ttip/

In Facts, 16.04.16: US-EU trade deal isn’t threat to NHS http://infacts.org/mythbusts/us-eu-trade-deal-isnt-threat-nhs/

The Conversation, 27.05.16: Fact Check: is Brexit the way to escape TTIP? https://theconversation.com/fact-check-is-brexit-the-way-to-escape-ttip-59943

openDemocracy: Can Europe Make It?, 31.05.16: We need to be in the EU in order to beat TTIP https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/caroline-lucas/we-need-to-be-in-eu-in-order-to-beat-ttip

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