So I understand the difficulty of negotiating under a spotlight, but transparency is not a binary state. Popular micromanagement of treaty conferences would be unrealistic, but the blackout curtains being imposed over TTIP and other international trade treaties, explicitly to avoid public leaks and, thus, controversy, is in direct opposition to democratic principles, or even to the idea of representative democracy (if you don't know what important stuff your representatives are doing, you can't judge if they are representing you).
Originally shared by +Les Jenkins:
This should worry you.
Politicians can only view secret trade pact in special viewing room | Ars Technica
Resistance to pact grows as negotiators in US, EU remain tight-lipped.
