Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund

Currently EU and the USA are negotiating a transatlantic trade agreement (Transatlantic Trade and In-vestment Partnership, TTIP). From the point of view of the DGB and its member unions, trade talks be-tween the EU and the USA could be advantageous, if they were used to help drive a trade policy realign-ment, which would set global standards for a fairer globalisation. In this respect, the current EU-US free trade agreement negotiations are still heading in the wrong direction. Confidentiality rules and a lack of transparency prevent appropriate public debate.