US Senators just knocked a wheel off TPP and TTIP. Now let's finish the job!

The Ecologist
May 13, 2015, 9:18 am19 pts
A Senate vote yesterday to deny President Obama 'fast track' authority in negotiating TPP and TTIP looks like the beginning of the end for these trade deals and their secret corporate courts, writes Nick Dearden. Now it's up to Europeans to make sure the EU Parliament votes against TTIP in a crucial vote next…

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