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Elizabeth Warren’s Latest TPP Warning Backed by 200 Legal Scholars
Warren and hundreds of legal and economic scholars are warning that the pact's Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions overturn well-established legal systems and threaten the rule of law.
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TransCanada's $15 Billion Suit Against U.S. Is Corporate Nationhood At Its Worst
When the NAFTA nations meet Wednesday for the annual Three Amigos Summit in Ottawa, climate change and clean energy goals may be overshadowed by TransCanada's use of NAFTA to sue the U.S. government over the Keystone pipeline.
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Why TransCanada's $15 Billion Lawsuit Against U.S. Is a Bad Omen for Trans-Pacific Partnership
The lawsuit presents the latest evidence of a prioritization of corporate profits and interests over the rights of citizens in a sovereign, domestic nation – yet instances like this will only increase with passage of the TPP.
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A Spoilt Deal: How a Dispute Over Dairy Helped Sidetrack the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The dispute between Canada and New Zealand hinges on Canada's supply management system, which features high tariffs on imports and no subsidies for farmers, keeping the price of Canada's milk products high while New Zealand's are low.
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Corporate Tribunals Pose Biggest Hurdle To Europe's Vote On Transatlantic Trade Pact
So much public concern and controversy has been raised over investor-state dispute settlements that the E.U. suspended talks on the rules in order to open a public consultation.
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Question to Lawmakers: Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership Unconstitutional?
Obama and Congress need to explain how the Constitution allows the United States to submit the validity of its federal, state and local laws to "corporate tribunals" with no possibility of U.S. court review.
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Playing 1% Rules: Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership Won't Help Workers Or Consumers
The TPP is a classic expression of the way the rules are fixed to benefit the few and not the many: It has been negotiated in secret, and corporations and banks help shape it.
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World At A Crossroads: Stop The Fast Track To A Future Of Global Corporate Rule
Do we want corporate rule or the people’s rule?
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Sen. Warren: The Trans-Pacific Partnership Clause Everyone Should Oppose
Agreeing to Investor-State Dispute Settlement in this enormous new treaty would tilt the playing field in the U.S. further in favor of big multinational corporations – worse, it would undermine U.S. sovereignty.
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Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Proposed Takedown of Our Digital Rights and Freedoms
Among other human health and environmental violations, the TPP agreement will facilitate harsh legislation that further restricts free speech, privacy and innovation.
