(en) Britain, Anarchist Federation Nottingham, The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Something else they are hiding from us!

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a new capitalist agreement 
between the USA government and the European Union. It gives US business free reign to 
privatise public services and other regulated industry in the cause of 'Free Trade'. On 
the one hand this is another way for big business to take over internationally and for the 
American capitalist empire to culturally colonise the world. But specifically under threat 
is whatever is left of nationalised industries and services (not that there is much left 
of that in England anyway). ---- The obvious worry here is what is left of the NHS, which 
working class people are still fighting hard to save. It would also affect food quality by 
deregulating things like food production and quality, for example by-passing EU 
regulations about meat quality and the condition animals are kept in. Banking regulations 
would be undermined. Even the EU admits that jobs would be lost. All the main UK parties 
(except the Greens) are in favour. Even if there is a EU-referendum, whatever the outcome, 
this law will overrule.

Similar agreements exist in other parts of the world. A fracking company was able to sue 
the state of Quebec for lost earnings when it passed and an anti-fracking law. The Philip 
Morris tobacco company was able to sue the Australia government for its laws on 
plain-packaging.

TTIP is just the latest in a string of trade 'agreements' which have been opposed 
internationally including by anarchists. In the 1990s NAFTA allowed US companies make 
money in Mexico and Canada more easily. Meetings of The World Trade Organisation were 
strongly resisted, not least in London (J18) and Seattle (N30) in 1999. Anarchists need to 
spread information about this agreement, and we need more mass civil disobedience and 
anti-globalisation activism at a local and international level to raise awareness and 
oppose this in practice.

Links:
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/what-is-ttip-and-six-reasons-why-the-answer-should-scare-you-9779688.html
http://aftinet.org.au/cms/node/519

Related article: Why opposing capitalism and privatisation does not imply support for 
state-controlled services: 
http://afed.org.uk/blog/international/114-private-versus-socialised-healthcare.html

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