At a meeting between the Eurocities vice-president, the mayor of Ghent (Belgium), Daniel Termont, and European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström on Monday 5 September, the big European cities’ organisation called again for clarification from the European Commission about aspects of the future free trade deal between the EU and the United States (TTIP) that will impact on cities – aspects such as public procurement, state aid, social, environmental and labour rules, and consumer,...