BERLIN, 23 April. / Corr. Vyacheslav Filippov TASS /. The demonstrations against the planned free trade agreement between the EU and the US zone (TTIP – Transatlantic partnership agreement in the field of trade and investment between the EU and the US – Tass approx.) Held on Saturday in Hanover, on the eve of Obama’s visit to the German city (24- 25th of April). The protests, which called for, inter alia, the activists of organizations for nature and Consumer Protection, is expected during the day they will gather up to 50 thousand. Man.
According to opponents of TTIP, the agreement carries, above all, threat to European farmers. They believe that in connection with the planned creation of a free trade area with the United States will be significantly reduced standards of quality products on the general market space. Location of European goods, supposedly, could take the cheaper and lower-quality products American suppliers. Anxiety in this regard, beaten, including representatives of the party “green” and the organization Greenpeace.
The European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström in a report released Saturday interview with the editorial association Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland stated that struck the rejection of the agreement on free trade with the United States in Germany. “To be honest, I find it a little strange that the greatest resistance to the conclusion TTIP revealed, as if on purpose, in Germany, in an economically very successful country,” – she said. “It is not easy to understand the fears that exist in Germany in this regard”, – the commissioner added
However, she expressed the hope that Barack Obama and Angela Merkel will bring to the German people why the agreement is so important <.. / p>
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