Consumer coalition boycotts EU-US talks

A GLOBALISATI0N protest with a difference took place yesterday a coalition of European and US consumer groups boycotted a pre-summit meeting with senior officials at Adare Manor in Co Limerick.

The action of the TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) was in protest at the exclusion of consumers from a meeting between summit leaders and the transatlantic business community at Dromoland Castle today.

TACD had planned to discuss with senior US and EU trade officials its recommendations to reduce childhood obesity, protect air travellers' privacy and regulate tens of thousands of potentially dangerous industrial chemicals.