Concerns rise over US-EU trade talks
There are rising concerns in Europe over negotiations to liberalise trade with the United States.
The project, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP, aims to remove a wide range of barriers to bilateral commerce.
Demonstrations were taking place across Europe on Saturday, with large numbers of events in Germany, France, Spain and Italy.
One campaigner involved in planning the day of action said she expected at least 400 local actions in about 24 European countries.
The EU and the US launched the negotiations last year and the aim is to stimulate more trade and investment, and, in the process, to produce more economic growth and employment.
In the EU, campaigners say that consumers could be faced with more genetically modified food, hormone treated beef and chicken meat that has been rinsed with chlorine.
Another major concern is the provisions under discussion to enable foreign investors – for example American firms investing in the EU – to sue a host government in some circumstances if they are hit by a change in policy.
The UK government has called a meeting with environmental groups on Monday to quell their opposition to TTIP.
The groups are worried that the plan would allow American industry too much influence over the setting of standards for improved efficiency of goods.
Source: BBC- Concerns rise over US-EU trade talks
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