BRUSSELS—Thousands of demonstrators marched at the European Union headquarters on Tuesday, Sept. 20, to protest trans-Atlantic trade talks with the United States and a planned deal with Canada, claiming they would hurt labour and consumer rights while undermining environmental protection.
Representatives of unions, social organizations, human rights, and farming groups snarled evening rush-hour traffic in the heart of the Belgian capital hoping the talks with Washington on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) fail to get enough European backing.
