Petition Make UK-US trade-deal transparent to Parliament and the public without secrecy

Make all aspects of the UK-US trade deal negotiations transparent to Parliament and the British Public and do not sign up to five years secrecy after the negotiations start or come into force.

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Nick Dearden, director of the trade campaign group Global Justice Now, told HuffPost UK it “isn’t standard practice to insist on lengthy periods of secrecy even after a deal has been signed”.

He said while there was no “gold standard”, the talks between Washington and Brussels would be more open, adding: “This five-year secrecy clause may be what the US administration wants, but it’s up to the UK to say set out its own criteria.

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Date closed 24 January 2021
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