*Watch: 35,000 PROTEST IN HANOVER DAY BEFORE OBAMA VISITS GERMANY TO PROMOTE TTIP TRADE DEAL

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Protesters wearing masks depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Barack Obama as they demonstrate against Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement ahead of Obama's visit in Hannover, Germany, April 23, 2016.

Some 35,000 people marched through the streets of Hanover on Saturday (April 23) to protest against a sweeping European-US trade deal, police said. Organisers put the number of attendees at around 90,000.
The protest against the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) was organised a day before the visit by the US President Barack Obama.
He is set to promote the deal at Hanover's trade fair on Sunday (April 24) in a joint bid with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to revive the momentum behind the agreement, which top trade officials hope to push through this year.

Demonstrators took to the streets of the northern German city bearing placards and banners calling on politicians to "Stop TTIP and CETA" - an EU-Canada trade deal that looks set to come into force in 2017.
Public scepticism in Germany has clouded the TTIP negotiations from the start, but support for the deal has plunged to new lows in recent months.
A YouGov survey showed on Thursday (April 21) that only 17 percent of Germans believe the free trade deal is a good thing, down from 55 percent two years ago. Many Germans fear the deal will lower standards for products, consumer protection and the labour market.
*German officials said ahead of Obama's visit they remained optimistic that a broad "political agreement" between Brussels and Washington could be clinched BEFORE OBAMA LEAVES OFFICE IN JANUARY.
*THE HOPE IS THAT TTIP COULD THEN BE FINALIZED WITH OBAMA'S SUCCESSOR.

http://www.businessinsider.com/at-least-35000-protest-in-hanover-a-day-before-obama-visits-germany-to-promote-ttip-trade-deal-2016-4 *MORE: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017361663

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1. Hillary wants to carry on like Obama!

Gads...

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2. And as the hatred of the US builds in the world and we are only about 5% of the world's population!

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3. That's the Ugly Truth. Decaying USA & Global Corporations Damaging the World.

What "Partnerships"?? In London, Obama even said in trying to sell TTIP that countries have 'parochial' groups and 'factions', meaning small minded, non cosmopolitan views. If you're not in favor of globalization you're anti-progress, where have we heard that old saw before? Lame.

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5. And meanwhile our own country is falling apart. Someone was telling me the other day they don't

see all of these problems in the US. I told them they need to get the F out of their cozy neighborhood, turn off the stupid TV, and go visit many parts of this country and see firsthand. MSM conveniently ignores vast parts/populations of this country.

I went back and looked at a town next to mine where I grew up that was once very prosperous, well kept, and moving forward. It's now festering in extreme poverty. All the jobs left the US, several huge corporations closed their doors and moved offshore and there it sits rotting despite the best efforts at revitalization. And Walmart closed down all of the small stores.

And, there are many places in the US just like this, conveniently ignored.

Many in the US live in some type of fantasy land.

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6. What Secret TPP-TTIP Investment Trade Agreements REALLY ARE- Not the DC 'Victory' Version

Global Economic & Political Rule...

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4. Fuck Yes!

Every all over the world knows the TTP is BS, that is except for Hillary Supporters.