Thanks for that. I managed to hunt down the document from the Kent Uni website and will endeavour to give it a read (looks pretty long though so can't promise a swift response)
I'm sure that the Americans will try and do what's best for them, I'm just not sure why the Europeans would roll over and have their belly tickled in this whole process. Over the years the French have certainly shown themselves to be very prickly about any kind of competition at all, even within Europe, so given that the EU is still largely dominated by France and Germany, a trade treaty that massively disadvantages Europe just seems very unlikely to me.
As you're well aware, I'm much less a fan of large state involvement in our lives than you generally are, so it seems peculiar to on one hand believe the state is the best organisation to deliver all sorts of things, and then on another not trust that state to do anything either ethically or competently.
As a cheerleader for small business (and small business people), you're presumably in favour of things such as easier tendering for government contracts (which often lock out SMEs), and giving sole traders the same kind of social 'rights' as employed persons?
Suffice to say however, in our (seemingly frequent and ongoing) differences of opinion on things, whatever I've written has always been earnestly meant (and believed). I'm not here to wind anyone up. If I'm not getting your point it's probably that I'm just seeing things from a different perspective.
