STOP CORPORATE TRADE DEALS

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: sept 2014 :: RMTnews 14 STOP CORPORATE TRADE DEALS RMT backs campaign against trade deals which threaten the existence of the National Health Service The proposed so-called ‘trade’ agreement’ between the world’s two biggest economies, the EU and US, will grant permanent legal rights to transnational corporations while undermining the ability of governments to regulate those corporations, all in the name of ‘free trade’. Thus the US/EU Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) will be a charter for effectively corporate rule. These agreements build on existing World Trade Organisation provisions that have already entrenched corporate power and reduced public policy space. They are being used to construct, layer upon layer, investment regimes that enforce the right of corporations to pursue maximum profit while removing restrictions that regulate corporate activities in the areas of public health, workers’ and consumers’ health PROTEST: Several hundred activists gathered outside the Dept for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the London base of the European Parliament and Commission to protest against highly secretive government negotiations forming the US/EU TTIP trade deal.