Brussels, 22/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - Meeting in Berlin on 21 May, the leaders of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and of the main US union grouping, the American Federation of Labor - Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), called for the free-trade agreement between the EU and US (the TTIP) to be a “gold standard” trade deal that improves living and working conditions on both sides of the Atlantic.
Increased transatlantic trade can create new jobs and shared...