Comprehensive assessment for War on Want by John Hilary download booklet
http://www.waronwant.org/campaigns/tradejustice/more/inform/18078-what-is-ttip
The Keighley 38 Degrees group used this as the basis of their research and for the initial presentation at the TTIP meeting.
Most of the display at the TTIP meeting in Silsden came from this site.
http://waronwant.org/campaigns/trade-justice/ttip
Rule By The Corporations
TTIP: The Corporate Empowerment Act – a must read
‘The first thing to understand is that these so-called “partnerships” are not laws written by Congress. The US Constitution gives Congress the authority to legislate, but these laws are being written without the participation of Congress. The laws are being written by corporations solely in the interest of their power and profit. The office of US Trade Representative was created in order to permit corporations to write law that serves only their interests. This fraud on the Constitution and the people is covered up by calling trade laws “treaties.”
Indeed, Congress is not even permitted to know what is in the laws and is limited to the ability to accept or refuse what is handed to Congress for a vote. Normally, Congress accepts, because “so much work has been done” and “free trade will benefit us all.”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article42017.htm
There are also other links…
http://corporateeurope.org/international-trade/2014/07/who-lobbies-most-ttip
A quaker viewpoint which we found interesting http://www.qcea.org/2014/06/ttip-consultation-call-for-submissions-and-model-answers/
Good article by a Scottish MEP http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/beware-of-us-trade-deal.26448537
Articles from Guardian business pages @ http://www.theguardian.com/business/ttip
http://www.globaljustice.org.uk/tags/ttip
