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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 160420 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2016/04/160420.html yesterday's tweets as a single page

Costa Rica: don't slaughter Hammerhead sharks that need protecting - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/en-gb/takeaction/741/878/758/ ridiculous #cr

German public support for #TTIP plummets from 55% to 17% - https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/fileadmin/files/BSt/Publikationen/GrauePublikationen/NW_Attitudes_global_trade_and_TTIP.pdf US support drops from 53% to 15%; #TTIP is dying...

"disapproval rates of #TTIP are now outweighing approval rates. The trend towards disapproval continues and is becoming stronger."

"Surveys among industry associations demonstrate skepticism about #TTIP" - https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/fileadmin/files/BSt/Publikationen/GrauePublikationen/NW_Attitudes_global_trade_and_TTIP.pdf support 4 #TTIP draining away everywhere

Public Domain Citation Book, Baby Blue, Renamed To Indigo Book, Following Harvard Law Review Threats - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160420/17072634229/public-domain-citation-book-baby-blue-renamed-to-indigo-book-following-harvard-law-review-threats.shtml

Commission fails to regulate new GMOs after intense US lobbying - http://www.genewatch.org/uploads/f03c6d66a9b354535738483c1c3d49e4/20160421_BR_US_lobbying_on_new_GMOs_FINAL.pdf #TTIP strikes again - even before it's signed

Latest Version Of Anti-#TPP, #RCEP, Shows That Its Intellectual Property Provisions Are Even Worse - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160420/11291334226/latest-version-anti-tpp-rcep-shows-that-intellectual-property-provisions-are-even-worse.shtml not good

Support for huge transatlantic trade deal #TTIP plummets in both #US and #Germany - http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/04/ttip-support-usa-germany-obama-merkel/ few want it anywhere

Study reveals greater climate impacts of 2C temperature rise - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/21/study-reveals-greater-climate-impacts-of-2c-temperature-rise-heatwaves trouble is, it won't "just" be 2C

Freihandelsabkommen: Die Angst vor #TTIP wächst - http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/ttip-angst-und-skepsis-vor-freihandelsabkommen-waechst-a-1088392.html "Gabriel hält ein Scheitern der Gespräche für möglich."

Public procurement could be next #TTIP deal breaker - http://www.euractiv.com/section/trade-society/news/public-procurement-could-be-next-ttip-deal-breaker/ unless US wants to ditch "Buy American", which seems unlikely

Survey shows plunging public support for #TTIP in U.S. and Germany - http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-usa-trade-idUSKCN0XI0AT EU "growing impatient with slow pace of talks"

Eduardo Cunha: #Brazil president's chief accuser faces allegations of his own - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/21/brazil-dilma-rousseff-impeachment-eduardo-cunha-investigation the biter bit