Given that the EU has refused to adopt science-based SPS measures and Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht has just promised the European Parliament that border measures will not be removed for sensitive products, there is certainly a diminishing economic reason for TTIP. Look Out U.S. Ambassador to the EU Anthony Gardner raised the old boogeyman that traditionally screwed American agriculture – Europe's geopolitical importance. During the Cold War, U.S. national security officials were as vociferous in their support for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) as European politicians. They argued that it was the glue that held Europe together and consequently enabled the bulwark against the Soviet Union. The EurActiv media network quotes Gardne...