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[–] Lodley 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
The ISDS does not give anyone power over a nation's laws. Corporations are not able to act "akin to a nation's government"
First nothing has been decided, that will only happen when the treaty goes to congress. Second, have you read a single thing congress has done this year? There is a thousand page defense authorization bill in congress right now, did you read that? If you, but especially all these journalists complaining about the TPP, won't look at the things congress does in the light of day; why would you need to see the things the trade rep is doing in private? Because again, it has to go through congress before it takes effect.
No you do. If your saying 'X' is terrible but 'X' is already here and you can't point to an example of 'X' being terrible; then your no different than people saying: "gays will destroy America".
Then live in a cabin in the woods if you think everything must be against you. Here in the rest of civilization I'll actually look at something before I declare it evil.
It's about to get real funny in a minute
From you source. So instead of getting access to the treaty as you suggested, your link clearly states that they only were able to give input to the trade officials not read the drafts themselves. Shocker, the government asks companies what they want in a trade agreement before negotiating one.
[–] SaneGoatiSwear ago (edited ago)