Top Stories Wednesday 13 Nov
Lean Left looks at the dangers of socalled free trade pacts which
give multinationals the power to sue governments in their own secret tribunals:
This is a direct challenge to the entire concept of democracy. If your city decides that it wont do business with companies that use poisons in their products, or do business with China, or use slave labor, under the terms of NAFTA and the proposed terms of FTAA, that company could – in secret proceedings – demand money for their “loss”. A secret court becomes more important than the democratic process, and people now have no means to protect themselves from unscrupulous corporations.