US-Europe trade negotiations

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US-Europe trade talks are in full swing, aiming to create a new "Trans-Atlantic trade and investment partnership" or TTIP. But the negotiations have not been without their critics, including protestors who gathered outside the European Business Summit in Brussels this week, only for many to find themselves under arrest. Andrew Walker reports from Brussels, where he hears from the EU Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht about the economic benefits that he expects the deal to deliver. Andrew speaks to a senior manager from the US chip-maker Intel, Christian Morales, about what businesses on both sides of the pond expect to gain from the eventual agreement. Olivier Hoedeman of the campaign group Corporate Europe Observatory - and one of those to be arrested outside the summit - explains why he thinks the trade talks give too much weight to big business, and threaten to undermine consumer rights and environmental protection in Europe.