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DEVELOPING countries will be thrown deeper into poverty by the extreme capitalist TTIP trade deal between the US and EU, the Fairtrade Foundation said yesterday.
The hugely controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is feared to cut exports from developing countries, who have been shut out of the secret talks at which the pact is being thrashed out.
World leaders including Prime Minister David Cameron are also set to adopt United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) later this month, which aim to end global poverty and reduce inequality.
The US president’s universal tariffs mirror the disastrous Smoot-Hawley Act that triggered retaliatory measures, collapsed international trade, fuelled political extremism — and led to world war, warns Dr DYLAN MURPHY
