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Uncertainty among Spanish businessmen due to the consequences of the future Free Trade Agreement negotiated by the European Union and the United States. They fear that the secrecy in the talks is due to the fact that greater advantages are being proposed for North American exports, to the detriment of those of European countries. As El Confidencial Digital has learned , through business sources, from various economic sectors there is no hidden concern these days about the secrecy of the negotiations that are being carried out on the Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Europe. They assure that the silence of the negotiations confirms that they can continue to increase the advantages to multinationals and North American interests , to the detriment of basic sectors such as tiles or citrus, and benefiting North American permissiveness on transgenic products. “ Secrecy is the main criticism made of this negotiating process , which can end up benefiting multinationals and North American interests especially,” insists a prominent businessman.

Controls on the export of Spanish oranges to the US Sources from the Citrus Products Export Association ( to which ECD has had access, denounce that, “currently the Californian citrus lobby prevents Spain from exporting all the oranges that we would like, and given the silence of the negotiations "We fear that the Treaty will not break that barrier, which would maintain the current North American controls ." They also cite the case of almonds, corn and GMOs, which raise various questions. “ Will North Middle East Mobile Number List American almonds and corn - genetically modified or not - enter more easily , and will genetically modified products be allowed, now prohibited in Europe but permissively in the United States?” asks another businessman. Problems due to the harmonization of non-tariff standards The Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Europe (TTIP) would eliminate, a priori, tariffs and non-tariff barriers will be harmonized , such as technical specifications, quality, health licensing procedures, etc.



Currently, tariffs are already reduced and precisely the harmonization of these non-tariff rules can create important problems depending on how it is carried out, and hence the heightened concern about secrecy regarding the content of what is being negotiated," warns a senior official of a Chamber of Commerce . “We have asked the Government of Spain for information and stenographers on the content of the negotiations, due to the strong doubts that this Treaty raises,” he adds. In 2014, the European Union exported 6.2% of its products to the United States and bought 4.3% of its imports. In the case of Spain, these percentages were 4.4% and 3.2, respectively. In addition, they point out that they send a weekly newsletter to those who want it "and we are sending it to 20% of the unemployed." exp-player-logo Ver más La defensa del anciano que mató a un ladrón en su casa se a They have a presence throughout Spain At the national level, there are two entities: the National Platform of Unemployed Associations and the National Association of the Unemployed. Meanwhile, there are organizations of this type in 13 autonomous communities. They are abundant, above all, in Catalonia, Andalusia and the Valencian Community .