Secretary of State for Business, Vince Cable, has told EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström that the UK will greatly benefit from closer economic ties with the US, via the proposed EU-US trade and investment agreement Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP), but more transparency is needed to help address public concerns.
In a meeting in London yesterday, Vince Cable and UK Trade Minister Lord Livingston asked Commissioner Malmström to give senior UK parliamentarians access to TTIP treaty text as it is developed, so that they can monitor progress and ask questions on the public’s behalf.
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