A leaked text for the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) from the European Commission shows that negotiations favor business interests over the protection of citizens’ health and the environment. The leaked “chemicals annex” closely follows the chemical industry’s agenda for TTIP to minimize regulatory differences between the US and the EU.
Civil society groups from the US and EU have repeatedly voiced deep concerns regarding the dangers of TTIP for the protection of human health and of the environment. Over 110 public health and environmental organizations in the EU and US object to the inclusion of the chemicals sector in any of TTIP’s relevant chapters, including Regulatory Coherence and Investment.