The European commission has never given any company access to confidential papers or strategies concerning TTIP, as the Guardian alleges (TTIP talks: EU alleged to have given ExxonMobil access to confidential strategies, 26 November).
But if we are being accused of openness and seeking input from a wide range of experts, then we are guilty as charged. Consulting all stakeholders – including but not only business – is part of our job under the mandate that member states have given us.
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