Re:TTIP Enters New and Dangerous Stage as Democracy Is Disma...
by nabla9 on Thursday February 25, 2016 @07:58AM
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TTIP stands for Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
You have to worry about TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership)
The Trans-Pacific Partnership may turn out to be the worst trade agreement in decades http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/10/in-2016-bett...
Re:TTIP Enters New and Dangerous Stage as Democracy Is Disma...
by Aoyagi on Thursday February 25, 2016 @07:59AM
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I don't think it has any direct affect on those areas. Australasia has TPP, Canada has NAFTA.
Re:TTIP Enters New and Dangerous Stage as Democracy Is Disma...
by ZenoArrow on Thursday February 25, 2016 @10:29AM
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There's also a similar deal to the TTIP called CETA that Canada are involved in:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Economic_and_Tra...
As far as I know there are roughly 5 multinational trade deals in the works at the moment... TPP, TTIP, TISA, CETA and one more I forgot the name of that involves China.
EDIT: The multinational trade deal currently being negotiated that involves China is the RCEP:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Comprehensive_Economi...
Re:TTIP Enters New and Dangerous Stage as Democracy Is Disma...
by ArbitraryHobo on Thursday February 25, 2016 @10:53AM
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Canada signed the TPP too. Didn't want to be left out and all that...
Re:TTIP Enters New and Dangerous Stage as Democracy Is Disma...
by drjesusphd on Thursday February 25, 2016 @10:02AM
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Nobody knows what's in it because it's being kept secret.
How does TTIP affect small business, and startups in Australia-Canda-America-Asia?
How does TTIP affect small business, and startups in the Pacifics?