Defeat this deal

It’s a basic principle of democracy that governments should be able to make decisions in the interests of the people who elected them.
By The Newsroom
Published 6th Jul 2014, 14:00 BST
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But the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) being negotiated between the US and the EU puts this principle under serious threat.

This trade deal aims to set up a secretive ‘court’ in which multinational companies can sue governments if they think a law might harm their profits.

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For example, a tobacco company is currently using a similar court to sue the Australian government for billions of pounds because Australia introduced plain packaging for cigarettes. It’s also suing Uruguay for simply putting a health warning on cigarette packets there.

I want the UK Government to be able make laws to protect the people of this country, which is why I’ve joined the World Development Movement’s campaign to stop the deal.

Carol Allen

Chestnut Court

Sea Road

Littlehampton

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