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Major trade talks between the US and EU must not exclude healthcare, a UK health minister has said.
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks, known as TTIP, are currently being negotiated.
Campaigners say any deal which allows US health firms to compete more freely in the UK will undermine the NHS.
But Earl Howe says exempting health would not be in the interest of British pharmaceutical firms, which currently face trade barriers in the US.
TTIP aims at removing trade barriers in a wide range of economic sectors to make it easier to buy and sell goods and services between the EU and the US.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29181332
NO!!! It's all very well saying 'public services are always exempted', but why can't the government just come out and guarantee that the NHS will NOT be included? 😡
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks, known as TTIP, are currently being negotiated.
Campaigners say any deal which allows US health firms to compete more freely in the UK will undermine the NHS.
But Earl Howe says exempting health would not be in the interest of British pharmaceutical firms, which currently face trade barriers in the US.
TTIP aims at removing trade barriers in a wide range of economic sectors to make it easier to buy and sell goods and services between the EU and the US.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29181332
NO!!! It's all very well saying 'public services are always exempted', but why can't the government just come out and guarantee that the NHS will NOT be included? 😡