Trade deal TTIP faces scrutiny after Greenpeace leak

Environmental campaign group posts 248 pages of confidential documents online to "shine a light" on TTIP agreement.

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Both the US and the EU want the massive deal completed this year before Obama leaves office [Reuters]

A free-trade deal being negotiated between the European Union and the US would lower food safety and environmental standards, Greenpeace says, citing confidential documents from the talks.
The environmental campaign group published 248 pages of documents online on Monday to "shine a light" on the closed-door talks on so-called Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
The partnership, if realised, will be the world's largest bilateral trade and investment agreement.

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