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Controversial EU-US trade deal likely this year

Saturday, 27 February 2016 2:05 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 27 February 2016 1:19 PM ]

A controversial trade deal between the EU and the US will be struck by the end of this year.

Jerome Hughes
Press TV, Brussels

Chief negotiators of a highly controversial trade deal between the EU and the US say they are confident that an accord will be struck this year. Rights campaigners say the agreement will give unprecedented powers to corporations while standards for EU citizens will be eroded in a whole range of areas. The 12th round of the trade deal talks have just concluded in the Belgian capital. Our correspondent Jerome Hughes has more on the story from Brussels.

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