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Don't know what "confidential papers" means but TTIP documents are published regularly (e.g. http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=1230 http://tra

• swombat 11y ago
  From this page: > The European Commission is negotiating TTIP as openly as possible. > A final agreement would have 24 chapters, grouped together in 3 parts: > - Market access > - Regulatory cooperation > - Rules > And as part of our latest transparency initiative, we're publishing: > - new 2-page factsheets, in plain language > - negotiating texts we've given US negotiators: > - - EU textual proposals on parts 2 and 3 of the TTIP – these set out how we'd want a final deal to read, line by line > - - EU position papers – what we want to achieve in a chapter. > We will publish further texts as they become available. > We will make the whole text of the agreement public once negotiations have been concluded – well in advance of its signature and ratification. Sure seems like they're trying to open this up... wonder what the leak is about then?
  • M2Ys4U 11y ago
    Saying that they're trying to open this up is like saying a fat person is on a diet because they've switched from regular cola to diet cola. It doesn't make a dent unless they also exercise more and eat less.