Berlin Germany,10th October, 2015. Protestors collected outside the Hauptbahnhof (the capital's main train station) and marched past the Government buildings and the Brandenburg gate towards Berlin's Victory Column, where the main rally took place. Uwe Hiksch, the demonstration's organizer, predicted that 50,000 people from all over Germany would participate in the "Stop TTIP and CETA!" rally against the planned free trade. Credit: Eden Breitz/Alamy Live News
Berlin Germany,10th October, 2015. Protestors collected outside the Hauptbahnhof (the capital's main train station) and marched past the Government buildings and the Brandenburg gate towards Berlin's Victory Column, where the main rally took place. Uwe Hiksch, the demonstration’s organizer, predicted that 50,000 people from all over Germany would participate in the "Stop TTIP and CETA!" rally against the planned free trade. This was an underestimate and many more crowded the streets of Berlin According to the “The Local DE” online news source, 'Proponents say that creating the world's biggest free-trade area, removing trade barriers and harmonizing standards would boost economies and create wealth and jobs on both sides of the Atlantic. But critics say trade is already strong between Europe and the USA at around €2 billion per day – and fear that standards for food safety, consumer protection and other areas will fall if the agreement goes ahead.’ Participants demanded "an end to the negotiations with the USA for TTIP and the non-ratification of the CETA treaty negotiated with Canada," claiming that "both agreements hollow out democratic rights and would lower ecological and social standards. The negotiations between the and the EU on the “Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership” (TTIP) will address e-commerce and transatlantic data flows. It is suggested that European data protection standards could be undermined by such a trade agreement.
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