As they pressed Greece to accept austerity, members of the
European Parliament also voted Wednesday to endorse a U.S.-European free-trade
deal critics say would enrich corporations at the expense of the environment
and public health. Denounced by critics as a "Corporate Bill of
Rights," the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP, is
being negotiated in secret. One provision would establish a parallel legal
system where corporations could sue governments over laws they claim threaten
their profits.
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