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TTIP: More than 130,000 people urge Barack Obama to kill controversial trade deal during UK visit
Thousands of people have signed a petition to stop president Barack Obama from agreeing on a controversial trade deal between the US and the European Union which protesters say gives more power to corporations.
The Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership (TTIP), a free-trade agreement which members of campaign group 38 Degrees say threatens the NHS, food standards, animal welfare and “democracy”, might be signed before Mr Obama leaves the White House next January.
More than 130,000 people have demanded that Mr Obama stop negotiating the deal with prime minister David Cameron during his visit to the UK this week.
TTIP was supposed to be concluded at the end of 2014 but now economists forecast it could still take several years to negotiate. It focuses around boosting profit, reducing regulation and liberalizing market access.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ttip-more-than-130000-people-urge-barack-obama-to-kill-controversial-trade-deal-during-uk-visit-a6991286.html
