Nations Are Exiting a Secretive System That Protects Corporations. One Country’s Story Shows How Hard That Can Be - Inside Climate News
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Bolivia was the first nation to leave a legal system that allows foreign companies to sue governments behind closed doors. Now, other countries are following.

Bolivia was the first nation to begin leaving a legal system that allows foreign companies to sue governments behind closed doors. Now, other countries are following.

  • masterofn001@lemmy.ca
    14·
    2 years ago

    For the western hemisphere that includes things like:

    FTAA

    NAFTA

    Which allows corps and foreign govs to SUPERCEDE local national laws and rights.

    • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      Adding …

      Canada/China Foreign Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement (FIPPA) - signed by Conservative PM Stephen Harper in 2012 (effective in 2014), locking Canada into it for 31 years.