Any links to quickly get into the topic? This is first time I
hear about
it.
What's really bad is that there is also CETA, which is an
agreement between the EU and Canada, and which is nothing than
an inconspicuous back door to achieve much of the same thing as
TTIP. Unfortunately it has gotten basically no media attention
at all (at least in Germany, TTIP has been mentioned several
times at least), despite being ratified soon, and despite its
potentially far reaching consequences for the western society
in general.
You can get an overview on Wikipedia. Apart from the patent
system and several environmental "unifications", an especially
concerning part is ISDS:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_Trade_and_Investment_Partnership#National_sovereignty_and_Investor_State_Dispute_Settlements_.28ISDS.29
The Süddeutsche Zeitung has an interesting series on the topic
(unfortunately German only):
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/thema/TTIP-Recherche
There is also http://stop-ttip.org .
