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TTIP could spark another bank crash
INFAMOUS EU-US trade deal TTIP could lead to a new financial crisis and fresh taxpayer bailouts if signed, anti-poverty campaigners warned yesterday.
An alliance of industrial giants, including British American Business and the Institute of International Bankers, is pushing for financial deregulation to be built into the deal.
But the set of rules it would replace, like the Dodd-Frank Act in the US, were designed specifically to prevent a new financial crisis.
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