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This week sees the start of the ninth round of talks towards the infamous Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the EU-US treaty that is widely seen as one of the greatest threats to democracy in the 21st century.
Negotiators from the European Commission and US government are meeting in New York to try to unblock a deal that is already becoming too toxic for politicians to handle. Luckily for them, the negotiations are always held behind closed doors.
