Room supports controversial CETA-treaty – Look on news

Tuesday, 11. October 2016 – 21:43 Update: 12-10-2016 8:05

The free trade agreement with Canada, CETA-agreement, a controversial agreement. Critics of the controversial trade deal fear that CETA the prelude to another controversial trade deal TTIP, that the EU and the US want to close. Tens of thousands of activists demonstrated already in Berlin and Brussels, and before, in Amsterdam, against both CETA as TTIP. They fear that the European standards for labour, health and the environment are reduced. That would mean that the European market will chloorkippen and other high-bad food will be swamped.

FNV, CNV, the Dutch consumers ‘ association, friends of the earth netherlands and Greenpeace warn of CETA

The Second Room speaks Wednesday in an additional consultation with minister Lilianne Ploumen (International Trade) about the free trade agreement. SP-Second Kamelid Jasper van Dijk finds it “unacceptable” that there is, Wednesday already a debate about CETA take place, while the Members of the chamber only on Tuesday the final version of the treaty. This writes the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad on Tuesday. The trade unions FNV, CNV, Greenpeace, the Consumers association and friends of the earth netherlands warn the Second Chamber Tuesday for the trade treaty with Canada. The organizations see in CETA in its current form is a potential serious threat to the environment, public services, labour standards and the safety of consumers’, according to the newspaper.

CETA comes down to TTIP through the backdoor

About CETA says SP Van Dijk in the Dutch newspaper the Volkskrant: “This is the wrong quantity. CETA comes down to TTIP through the back door, because many American companies have a branch in Canada.’ The SP is deeply concerned about CETA, but also about TTIP. Because both Canada and the US use of growth hormones, cancer-causing weed control and genetically engineered products, says Van Dijk. With such a trade is according to him difficult to these products outside of Europe. In addition, the Netherlands can, according to the SP by the conclusion of these trade agreements for millions of euros are being sued by companies that the European legislation has not been favorable, according to the newspaper.