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TWO international trade union federations reacted angrily yesterday to leaked details of a controversial trade pact.

WikiLeaks published texts from the Trade in Services Agreement to coincide with the latest round of secret inter­governmental talks on the deal.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) hit out at plans to liberalise services, including transport, across the 23 participating nations, including the United States and EU nations.

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