TPP Labour Rules not a Gold Standard, speech by Laila Harré
In my time tonight, I want to do three things: first, to debunk this myth of the TPP as a “gold standard” treaty for workers’
Asia-Pacific: BWI-AP joins 94 other civil society groups saying NO to investors suing states in RCEP
The RCEP is being negotiated in secret by 16 countries* and a leaked copy of its investment chapter includes proposals to allow foreign investors to sue governments at an international tribunal.
Free trade requires labour norms and democratic control – by Jyrki Raina
Like FDR, who was able to overcome the complete weakness of US federal government over private banks and financial sector in general, when dealing with the Great Depression. Or Lincoln, who held the bipartisan country together with a grip of a mountain grizzly bear.
Investment Court System (ICS): The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
The Investor State Disputes Settlement (ISDS) system has become an icon of the shameless extent to which governments have pandered to corporate interests by giving foreign corporations rights that citizens do not have.