USTR, EU Immediately Seek To Soften Impact Of Greenpeace TTIP Leak

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom quickly sought to minimize fallout and re-frame perceptions following a massive leak of documents allegedly from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations, arguing that the deal will not undermine the strength of environmental, consumer and health standards. But activist groups such as Friends of the Earth Europe, Sierra Club and Greenpeace Netherlands -- the latter group published the leaked documents online early Monday -- claim the...