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.

This petition closed on 24 Jan 2021 with 55 signatures


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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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