TTIP Petition Is Presented To The European Commission

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 07: Campaigners against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) inflate a 'Trojan Horse' outside the European Commission at Smith Square on on October 7, 2015 in London, England. A Europe-wide petition demanding an end to TTIP has reached over 3,000,000 signatures today with over 500,000 of signatories coming from the UK. TTIP is a controversial free trade deal between the European Union and the United States that promises multilateral economic growth. Critics of the trade agreement that it threatens EU food and environmental safety laws as well as the sovereignty of national governments which could be sued for damages by foreign investors wide ranging government actions that they can claim have threatened their profits. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)