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What is TTIP?

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP, is a subject that may sound very boring but has got a lot of people very worried.

It is a trade deal being brokered behind closed doors, to make trade easier between the US and the EU.

Free trade means UK businesses can flourish, export more and strike better deals. But some argue it opens the door to global big business meddling and may even undermine our democracy.

It is something many of you told us you wanted to find out more about.

Our reporter Catrin Nye spent some time with TTIP campaigners to find out what it is all about.

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