Bonn, 25.09.2017. Unter dem Motto „Trade: Behind the Headlines“ treffen sich vom 26. bis 28. September 2017 in Genf Handelspolitiker, Wissenschaftler und Vertreter von Unternehmen und Nichtregierungsorganisationen aus aller Welt zum alljährlichen Public Forum der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO).
Do you remember TTIP, the proposed trade deal between the US and the EU? Its negotiations were stopped by the hundreds of thousands of people who took to the streets in the capitals of Europe. 3.3 million signatures were collected against it. Greenpeace played a key role in the resistance against TTIP, by publishing the leaked texts in May 2016. It caused many European politicians to harden their stance, leading to a breakdown in the trade talks.
The European Union and the USA have been negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) behind closed doors since 2013. Negotiators kept insisting that their secret talks would work in the best interest of the public and the environment. But since Greenpeace leaked the TTIP draft negotiating documents it became clearer than ever, that this trade agreement could become one of the most dangerous weapons in the hands of the fossil fuel industry in its effort to kill Climate Action for the 21st century.