I’m Not Making This Up: Corporations Use Trade Deals To Attack U.S. Law

[eridani]

http://www.nationofchange.org/2015/05/17/im-not-making-this-up-corporations-use-trade-deals-to-attack-u-s-law/

But there are already disputes in trade tribunals that could result in U.S. laws being changed.

Country-of-origin (COOL) laws requiring that meat and pork (and fish and chicken) be labeled with their country of origin have been challenged by meat and pork corporations in Mexico and Canada. U.S. consumers want to know where their products come from. Apparently, letting consumers have information about the origin of the products they buy could cause them to make choices that hurt the profits of certain non-U.S. companies. So they want to make that against trade rules.

These companies took their complaint to the World Trade Organization, and WTO ruled against the United States.

Canada and Mexico can put retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports, including pork and beef, if the U.S. does not change its laws.

This is similar to the ban on putting “dolphin-safe” on the label of canned tuna because giant Mexican corporations causes U.S. consumers not to buy their not-dolphin-safe tuna. April’s post, Tuna Case Shows Everything You Need To Know About “Trade” Agreements, explained:

[Binkie The Clown]

1. They don't have to attack the law. They own the law.

They stir the pot just to prove that they own the spoon. Trade agreements are just another of their tools for manipulating with their wholly-owned subsidiaries otherwise known as governments.

[msongs]

2. good thing our president and congress oppose corporate rule lolololol. when pigs fly that is nt

[newfie11]

5. +1

[HereSince1628]

6. My guess is every law student is introduced to concepts of alternative dispute resolution

and the Federal Arbitration Act.

My guess is that ADR is typically presented as something that -should- be included in contracts.

But it'd be interesting to hear from DU lawyers about how they were introduced to ADR.

[Enthusiast]

3. Seriously?

[Hoyt]

4. There are other sides to the story, like the Tuna issue.

http://www.npr.org/2013/10/03/228941329/trade-dispute-with-mexico-over-dolphin-safe-tuna-heats-up