According to Yahoo News,
tens of thousands of opponents of a proposed transatlantic trade deal
poured onto German streets Saturday on the eve of a visit by US
President Barack Obama.
A
loose coalition of trade unions, environmentalists and consumer
protection groups in the northern city of Hanover said they drew a crowd
of 90,000 to a march and rally outside the city’s opera house.
Police mobilized a large force to keep the peace and put attendance at 35,000.
Obama’s
trip — to open an industrial technology fair and hold talks with
Chancellor Angela Merkel and other European leaders — was intended to
lend momentum to flagging efforts to see the world’s biggest trade pact
finalised this year.
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