Recipe for Ruin: the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

With John Hilary. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) now under negotiation between the EU and the US is set to be the most significant trade liberalising agreement the world has ever seen. This treaty, and especially its proposals for investor-state dispute settlement, will empower corporations to override government laws protecting public health, environmental regulations and social policies where these interfere with corporate profiteering. Tax payers and citizens will once again be left dealing with the consequences and footing the bill. John Hilary, an expert on global trade issues, will discuss this alarming situation with us. He is the Executive Director of War on Want, and his recent book, The Poverty of Capitalism, is published by Pluto Press this October.