TTIP: EU negotiators appear to break environmental pledge in leaked draft

As Miami talks wind up, environmental safeguards are 'virtually non-existent' in trade deal negotiating text for sustainable development, lawyers say

The EU appears to have broken a promise to reinforce environmental protections in a leaked draft negotiating text submitted in the latest round of TTIP talks in Miami..

In January, the bloc promised to safeguard green laws, defend international standards and protect the EU's right to set high levels of environmental protection, in a haggle with the US over terms for a free trade deal.