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[–] Lodley 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

Can I get an ELI5 why this is bad?

It's not, anti-trade groups don't want further economic integration so they are making mountains out of mole hills.

So basically the rest of the world ends up in the same boat as the average US citizen?

Not exactly, the ISDS are outside of a country's judicial system and not available to domestic groups for domestic issues. However there are two very important things you need to keep in mind. First by outside the judicial system they are also outside of the legal enforcement mechanisms; countries in the past have just ignored ISDS decisions that they don't like without consequence. Second the right to sue is not the right to win, as an American you are probably aware that people have lawsuits thrown out all the time; god has been sued on several occasions and never lost (it's hard to prove you notified god of the lawsuit).

Also keep in mind that ISDS are present in many trade deal today, and they haven't lead to this kind of nightmare scenario the video is suggesting.

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[–] benis ago 

If the ISDS are really that innocent, why can't the deal be made public?

Why did Elizabeth Warren comment that "If the American people were to see the TPP, they would be opposed to it"?

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[–] Lodley ago 

The deal is still being negotiated, when its done we will be able to see it when Congress votes on it. There is nothing unusual about this level of secrecy.

Warren is a politician she is saying what her anti-trade base wants to hear.