NGOs protest EU-US trade agreement

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This 8 meter tall inflatable Trojan horse (REPRESENT) T-TIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership), the free trade deal that Europe and the US (NEGOTIATE/CURRENTLY) in Brussels. The people in suits (REPRESENT) big business lobbyists. With this stunt, anti-TTIP campaigners (PROTEST) in Brussels on Wednesday in front of the EU, as European and US officials (HOLD) the 8th round of negotiations, the first under the new Juncker commission.

Campaigners (CALL) on EU leaders to scrap the deal altogether, as they say it (UNDERMINE) democratic rights and (PUT) the interests of big business before citizens. GMOs, excessive rights for investors, dirty energy and chlorine chicken (BE) some of the threats that campaigners (BELIEVE) the agreement poses.


The European Commission, however, (BELIEVE) that a transatlantic agreement (CREATE) a single market of 800 million people creating millions of jobs. So far, more than 1 million citizens around Europe (SIGN) a petition opposing the trade deal, and demanding the end to the negotiations.