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cgod · 3518 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Trans-Pacific Partnership suggests Obama has no sense of irony
A few ISDS rulings against a smaller nation can be devastating. The amounts can be small to medium potatoes to a global cooperation but it can be the education or health budget to a small country. The threat of ISDS rulings can keep countries from even thinking about changing environmental or worker protection laws. I'm all for lowering the barriers to trade. Done right everyone is better off. There is a lot of stuff in this agreement that looks to only benefit corporations. Trade should first serve the people and second serve corporations, I suspect that isn't what we have here.