Ungár was speaking in connection with a recent comment by Sigmar Gabriel, Germany’s vice chancellor, who said that TTIP talks had essentially stalled because Europeans did not want to accede to American demands. Ungár said American dumping would “flood our continent” to the detriment of Hungarian farmers.

The agreement, meanwhile, would ruin the country’s environmental safeguards and violate its legal sovereignty, given that national parliaments would be overridden by “private offshore courts” on disputed economic matters.

Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.

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