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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160221 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.nl/2016/02/160221.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

new #TTIP leak: EU's tariff offer for 8000 products - https://correctiv.org/en/investigations/ttip/blog/2016/02/21/tariffs-dropped-zero/ another great release by @correctiv_org

Report: VW told to make electric cars in US as emissions cheat fallout continues - http://arstechnica.co.uk/cars/2016/02/report-vw-told-to-make-electric-cars-in-us-as-emissions-cheat-fallout-continues/ seems a condign punishment

Mozilla, EFF, and Creative Commons call for more openness in trade negotiations - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/02/mozilla-eff-and-creative-commons-call-for-more-openness-in-trade-negotiations/ 280 others say "bin ##ISDS" #TTIP

Celebrating Our Ford-Mozilla Open Web Fellows, and Looking Ahead - https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2016/02/22/celebrating-our-ford-mozilla-open-web-fellows-and-looking-ahead/ nice idea, not very global, though...

#TTIP’s tell-tale 12th round? - http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-trade/2016/02/ttips-tell-tale-12th-round-robb-reassures-on-tpp-biologics-commerce-itc-roll-ahead-with-tire-cases-212817 "Froman has been unenthusiastic & American business community also is skeptical."

Meet the corporations lobbying the hardest for #TTIP and ending democracy - http://truepublica.org.uk/eu/meet-the-corporations-lobbying-the-hardest-for-ttip/ good summary (v @Ian56789 @monkchips)

Oil Corporations Vs. Climate: How investors use trade agreements to undermine climate action - http://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2016/02/new-report-transcanadas-15-billion-usd-case-reveals-reckless-trade-provisions #ISDS #CA

#TTIP trap – European Commission rebrands untenable #ISDS with “Investment Court System” - http://truepublica.org.uk/eu/ttip-trap-european-commission-rebrands-untenable-isds-investment-court-system/ new name, same game

Woman sues London pub for £4.2m after tripping in beer garden - http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/feb/22/woman-sues-westbourne-pub-beer-garden-rope-stumble sorry, but no: that way lies litigious madness

#TTIP Enters New and Dangerous Stage As Democracy is Dismantled in Secret - http://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/ttip-enters-new-and-dangerous-stage-as-democracy-is-dismantled-in-secret/ let's make 12th round the last...

3 Strikes System In #AU 'Too Costly' For Industry; Seems Piracy Not Such A Massive Problem After All - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160218/08303333639/three-strikes-system-australia-too-costly-industry-seems-piracy-not-such-massive-problem-after-all.shtml #copyright

Business Alliance for #TTIP reiterates importance of ambitious deal - http://www.transatlanticbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Joint-Statement-Business-Alliance-for-TTIP-12th-round-TABC-contact.pdf wow, the same tired, old, debunked arguments

Facebook launches project to open source hardware, designs for cell networks - http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2016/02/facebook-launches-project-to-open-source-hardware-designs-for-cell-networks/ #openhardware