3 thoughts on “Follow-Up to Apple Telling Ireland to Shove-It”
Only companies can bring suit. A country can only defend itself; it cannot sue a company. Arbitrators who decide the cases are often drawn from the ranks of the same highly paid corporate lawyers who argue ISDS cases. These arbitrators have broad authority to interpret the rules however they want, without regard to precedent and with almost no public oversight. Their decisions carry extraordinary power. Often, countries are obligated to obey ISDS judgments as if they came from their own highest courts. And there is no meaningful appeal.
USAmerica has been sued by an Ecuadoran company, California got sued by a Canadian firm, both over air quality laws they claimed hurt their bottom line. Expect more of the same from TPP.
Yeah, that seems fair.
/FFS
USAmerica has been sued by an Ecuadoran company, California got sued by a Canadian firm, both over air quality laws they claimed hurt their bottom line. Expect more of the same from TPP.
I like that the pic is a green apple. Yum!