Germany Erupts as Thousands Protest Transatlantic Trade Deals

Chaos flooded the streets of Berlin. 80,000 protesters gathered, while up to , to express their strong opposition to the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the and the . In 2013, the EU and the US began negotiating a trade deal, hoping to create the The proposed deal promises to lower tariffs, and hopes to promote economic growth overseas. Protesters fear the deal will lead to an increase in outsourcing and unemployment, as it favors industrialized processes over non-GMO privatized food production. This prioritization would likely cost thousands of jobs and could potentially compromise food safety and employment standards.

A recent survey conducted in Germany concluded that about

The Canadian-EU negotiation began in 2009 and is scheduled to be signed on October 27th, 2016. Activists who oppose the deal fear that similar to the TTIP, it could undermine many European standards:

While free trade advocates insist CETA and TTIP will remove tariffs and boost growth on both sides of the Atlantic, clearly there is a significant lack of public faith in the deals. Although the unrest is sure to continue, German news outlet Die Welt offered a positive idealism: