The new proposed EU/US Free Trade Agreement was never going to be about promoting prosperity for all, rather it is a a way for big corporations to avoid regulation. E.g, the UK National Health Service radical changes being implemented have been both promoted and fought as a national issue. However, they are actually part of the preparations for a corporate takeover under the legal framework of the US/EU FTA.
But a row is brewing in Europe about the level of spying by the NSA on leaders, citizens and industry, under the umbrella justification of security and protection from terrorism. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose telephone has apparently been hacked on, has demanded an investigation on America’s unprecedented espionage operations, exposed by intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden.
