Have you seen this?
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– Hundreds of thousands protest in Berlin against EU-U.S. trade deal
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/10/us-trade-germany-ttip-protests-idUSKCN0S40L720151010– Angela Merkel surprised by massive protest march against TTIP in Berlin
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-hundreds-of-thousands-protest-in-berlin-against-eu-us-trade-deal-2015-10– #StopTTIP: Hundreds of thousands protest trade deal with US in Berlin
https://www.rt.com/news/318199-berlin-ttip-protest-rally/– What is TTIP? And six reasons why the answer should scare you
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/what-is-ttip-and-six-reasons-why-the-answer-should-scare-you-9779688.html– Globalization is barbarous, multinationals rule world – Marine Le Pen
http://rt.com/news/212435-france-pen-globalization-barbarity/– TTIP divides a continent as EU negotiators cross the Atlantic
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/dec/08/transatlantic-trade-partnership-ttip-dividing-europe-cecilia-malmstroem-washington-debut– TTIP: How the world's largest trade deal affects you
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22429932.600-ttip-how-the-worlds-largest-trade-deal-affects-you.html– The TTIP deal hands British sovereignty to multinationals
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/14/ttip-deal-british-sovereignty-cameron-ukip-treaty– TTIP Q&A: What is it – and should we be worried?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/ttip-qa-what-is-it--and-should-we-be-worried-9786225.html– Assessing Regulatory Impact of Transatlantic Тrade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – Analysis
http://www.eurasiareview.com/22092014-assessing-regulatory-impact-transatlantic-trade-investment-partnership-ttip-analysis/– TTIP – A Transatlantic Agreement in a New Phase of Globalization
http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ttipaction/marie-kasperek– TTIP: the biggest threat to democracy you've never heard of
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/09/ttip-biggest-threat-democracy-youve-never-heard– 'Free Trade' and the death of democracy
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/12/trade-death-democracy-2013121812233660574.html– U.S. law imposes itself on European territory
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No I haven't read all those, but yeah!
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Thanks - I'm sadly aware - NZ has just signed the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership), not a good thing for anyone except the transnationals. Really just an expansion of US hegemony and an expansion of their potential bombing area.
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no good for US either. Suspect our local environmental and labor laws will be overturned bit by bit.
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