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by ionised 3933 days ago
> The EU has a default assumption of "you have to prove that this will not be harmful before you can do it"

This is bad for big business, good for citizens. As a citizen I hope it stays this way. Regulation is our friend and it's the reason so many in the EU are against TTIP.

A race to the bottom of common regulation on either side of the Atlantic is something that will only be harmful to the average EU populace.

Suddenly we'd have growth hormone in our meat and shit like this;

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/22/eu-droppe...