[ComputerworldUK] TTIP Update XXVI

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This is probably the most action-packed update so far – a reflection of the fact that we are now deep in the TAFTA/TTIP negotiations, which have been running for nearly a year. Of course, information about what exactly is happening behind the closed doors is still thin on the ground. To its credit, the European Commission has recently published its negotiating positions in five areas: chemicals, cosmetics, pharmaceutical products, motor vehicles, textiles and clothing. Significantly, though, it did not publish its proposals for energy. That’s because they are far more contentious than for those other sectors. […]

That’s a key point: by its own admission, most of TTIP’s possible gains will come in the regulatory sphere; regulations are about want kind of society we want to live – what the rules are. Changing those behind closed doors is simply subverting basic democratic principles. […]

http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/05/ttip-update-xxvi/index.htm