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The remarkable ability it would grant big business to sue the living daylights out of governments which try to defend their citizens. It would allow a secretive panel of corporate lawyers to overrule the will of parliament and destroy our legal protections. Yet the defenders of our sovereignty say nothing. The mechanism through which this is achieved is known as investor-state dispute settlement. Its already being used in many parts of the world to kill regulations protecting people and the living planet. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-british-government-joining-the-transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership?bucket&source=facebook-share-button&time=1400158388
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:16:10 +0000

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