Dutch coalition against TTIP gains momentum
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Over 8,000 people from all over the Netherlands gathered in Amsterdam on Saturday to voice objections to the free trade agreements CETA, TiSA and TTIP. Farmers, students, parents with children, union members and activists joined in a colorful parade expressing their solidarity with Wallonia, Belgium for recently blocking CETA. SOMO was one of the organizing groups and was thrilled with the huge turnout.
More information about TTIP and CETA:
- SOMO Paper: Socialising losses, privatizing gains
- SOMO Paper: Business as Usual How Free Trade Agreements Jeopardise Financial Sector Reform
- SOMO Paper: TTIP regulatory cooperation in the financial sector (paper: Dutch only)
- Video: CETA-lessons from Canada(opens in new window)
- Video: The truth behind TTIP(opens in new window)
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