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on March 3, 2016 in World News

Brexit better for Britain than toxic TTIP, says Joseph Stiglitz

Britain would be better off leaving the European Union (EU) if the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is implemented, Nobel-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has said. Stiglitz made the remark at an event hosted by Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell on Wednesday in central London. The evening was part of the Labour Party’s series of seminars on progressive economics. Addressing the crowd, Stiglitz said the restrictive nature of TTIP offers grounds for a Brexit. “I think that the strictures imposed by TTIP would be sufficiently averse to the functioning of government that it would make me think over...

Britain would be better off leaving the European Union (EU) if the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is implemented, Nobel-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has said. Stiglitz made the remark at an event hosted by Labour Shadow Chancellor...

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