This is hardly breaking news but I don't see it on this forum? and we were talking about it at work yesterday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8F0UmbcSwg&list=PLOC2tezwMz8n_8MPK3kw-NQ-Pch7mYyxZ (UNISON video)
You couldn't make it up. It's like the ultimate capitalist dystopia, with negotiations in secret between corporations and the EU/US. One crazy result is corporations will be able to sue governments for loss of profit (as a result of imposing laws that protect the environment or that might support workers' rights, basically). Phillip Morris is currently sueing Australia over tobacco packaging rules under a similar trade agreement.
Mr Monbiot's article
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/02/transatlantic-free-trade-deal-regulation-by-lawyers-eu-us
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