ISDS allows foreign investors to sue our Government

Investor-State Dispute Settlement

Corporations prepare to sue governments over actions to save lives as pandemic reveals other trade policy flaws and need for alternatives

April 23.2020 Dr Patricia Ranald’s article in The Conversation shows how legal firm are already advising global companies on how to use clauses in trade agreements which allow them to claim millions in compensation for government regulation during the pandemic which may harm their profits.

More generally, she argues that the realities of the pandemic have forced governments to act in ways which show the flaws in the current trade deals that are negotiated in secret. 

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