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STOCK MARKET speculators punished Britain yesterday for voting to leave the European Union, as a US analyst said the result could delay the secretive TTIP trade pact.
TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) has drawn fire from trade unions, health professionals, environmentalists and consumer groups, who warn that the pact’s Investor-State Dispute Settlement clauses will allow foreign firms to sue governments for policy decisions they say harm their profits — actual or future.
“This is yet another reason why TTIP will likely be postponed,” said Heather Conley, European programme director at Washington think-tank the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
CLAUDIA WEBBE says the US is tightening the noose to destroy Cuban socialism — the need for immediate, international solidarity is urgent
Morning Star international editor ROGER McKENZIE says Trump’s ceaseless belligerence is a desperate effort to prevent the emergence of a multilateral world
Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN
As the dollar falters and US power turns predatory, Britain and Europe must abandon transatlantic illusions and build a collectivist alternative before the system implodes, writes ALAN SIMPSON