TTIP deal means ‘irreversible privatization’ of NHS – legal experts
‘The secretive transatlantic trade deal between the US and Europe may make it impossible for future governments to reverse the privatization of parts of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), according to legal experts.
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a series of bilateral trade negotiations concerned with reducing regulatory barriers to trade for big business.
New legal advice prepared by the UK’s leading QCs on European law for the Unite trade union argues the NHS needs to be explicitly excluded from the deal, which is expected to be finalized later this year.
The news come a month after the government came under fire by anti-TTIP campaigners for blocking access to similar legal advice on the deal’s impact on the health sector.’
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