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May 3, 2016

Greenpeace Calls for Halt to TTIP After Leaking Secret Trade Docs
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Greenpeace has called for a halt in secret U.S.-European Union
negotations over the massive TTIP trade deal. Greenpeace made the call
after leaking documents it says show how the U.S. is pressuring European
countries to loosen environmental and consumer protections. Stefan Krug
of Greenpeace spoke out.

Stefan Krug: "We are quite sure, and the text now confirmed that, that
if the TTIP in its present form would become reality, that would result
in a severe downshift of standards in Europe, on the environmental side,
but also on the consumer side. It is quite clear that the Americans have
a complete different philosophy of protecting the environment and the
consumers. So I guess it's a good moment to try to put transparency into
this whole process and to really start a public debate about it."



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