TTIP talks: EU alleged to have given ExxonMobil access to confidential papers
by Arthur Neslen Brussels from on (#VTBC)
Documents and emails obtained by the Guardian reveal 'collusion' between Brussels and industry over the fossil fuel push in free trade negotiations
The EU appears to have given the US oil company ExxonMobil access to confidential negotiating strategies considered too sensitive to be released to the European public during its negotiations with the US on the trade agreement TTIP, documents reveal.
Officials also asked one oil refinery association for "concrete input" on the text of an energy chapter for the negotiations, as part of the EU's bid to write unfettered imports of US crude oil and gas into the trade deal.
