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by SturgeonsLaw 3559 days ago
We wouldn't want to bug those poor negotiators while they whittle away what's left of our democracy
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These deals take years to negotiate. It's just a matter of practicality. Democracy can always say no to deals if it wants to (as is happening here).
That the TTIP-like deals take years is not by accident, but by design: the nasty stuff is to be included in one big package and obscured, to be accepted "by the democracy" only because it's a part of the whole "and look, there's some pork there too." Otherwise the smaller deals, which would actually be in the clear interest of both sides would happen much more often.

As the user walterbell posted https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12569891 :

5-min video on the major trade agreements and ISDS, https://youtube.com/watch?v=M4-mlGRPmkU