Greenpeace Leaks Big Part Of Secret TTIP Documents (bbc.com)

An anonymous reader writes: The environmental group Greenpeace has obtained 248 pages of classified documents from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) trade talks. The group warns EU standards on the environment and public health risk being undermined by compromises with the US, specifically that US corporations may erode Europe's consumer protections. The TTIP would "harmonize regulations across a huge range of business sectors, providing a boost to exporters on both sides of the Atlantic," writes the BBC. After the Greenpeace leak was published, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem said in her blog, "I am simply not in the business of lowering standards." Meanwhile, Greenpeace EU director Jorgo Riss said, "These leaked documents confirm what we have been saying for a long time: TTIP would put corporations at the center of policy-making, to the detriment of environment and public health." You can be the judge for yourself. The leaked documents are available for download here.

Comments

Why is no one asking the obvious question

[Anonymous Coward]

Serious question: Why is any part of a multi national trade deal classified information ? Why is this even a thing? No one has mentioned one single sound reason at any level of discourse why any of this is classified. I do not live under a rock but maybe I should.

Re:Why is no one asking the obvious question

[Anonymous Coward]

What is even more sad is we have to find out not from law enforcement or our gov officials doing the right thing. We are finding out thru leaks.

If you are hiding something like this behind 'classified' criteria then you probably are doing something you shouldnt be.

Re:Not saying there isn't a problem...

[PRMan]

I was just happy that Greenpeace did something useful for once...