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MUST READ "The European Commission still wants to enshrine extreme powers for corporations in the controversial EU-US trade deal. So-called investor-state dispute settlement provisions would enable US companies investing in Europe to challenge EU governments directly at international tribunals, whenever they find that laws in the area of public health, consumer, environmental or social protection interfere with their profits. EU companies investing abroad would have the same privilege in the US. (See our briefing A transatlantic corporate bill of rights.) This is an attack on democracy and legislation in the public interest. The companies can claim compensation if governments create regulations that go against the corporate interest."
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 08:50:10 +0000

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