Given that it is so obviously wrong, how on earth did these tribunals come about? A seemingly woeful tale of almost unlimited greed. But the original argument for having these clauses built into trade agreements is to encourage inter-state trade by protecting corporate investment. Of the 8 cases cited in the wikipedia article on ISDS, 4 involved Canada. By contrast, the US have lost no such cases.
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Very informative! I mean, depressing considering our neo-liberal reality, but informative.
Given that it is so obviously wrong, how on earth did these tribunals come about? A seemingly woeful tale of almost unlimited greed. But the original argument for having these clauses built into trade agreements is to encourage inter-state trade by protecting corporate investment. Of the 8 cases cited in the wikipedia article on ISDS, 4 involved Canada. By contrast, the US have lost no such cases.