TTIP divides a continent as EU negotiators cross the Atlantic

Rarely has a trade agreement invited such hyperbole and paranoia. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – or proposed free trade pact between the US and the European Union – has triggered apocalyptic prophecies: the death of French culture; an invasion of transatlantic toxic chickens into Germany; and Britain’s cherished NHS will become a stripped-down Medicare clone.

A fear of multinationals and distrust of European governments is fuelling a growing antipathy towards the transatlantic free trade pact.

Ian Traynor in Brussels

Full Story: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/dec/08/transatlantic-trade-partnership-ttip-dividing-europe-cecilia-malmstroem-washington-debut