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by resonate 3908 days ago
The power this gives corporations to sue governments over even the slightest inconvenience caused to them by regulation is absolutely disgusting. Corporate lawyers have already used previous trade agreements to set some seriously despicable precedents.

There are tons of deplorable examples of what they've done already and it will only get worse if the T.P.P. passes. Some seriously tragic outcomes that have already been caused by Investor-State Dispute Settlements (ISDS) are recapped here: http://www.isdscorporateattacks.org/