2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumStakes of this election are huge because FastTrack lasts six years and trade agreements are almost
impossible to terminate.
Imagine the effect of having our next President being able to approve trade deals that will create a situation which would outlast the country itself, or any revolutions, creations of tne combined countries, everything, forever.
In the Eastern Sugar case it was shown that even the dissolution of the former country and creation of a new one, and then it joining the European Union did not allow the territory to escape the terms of a pre- existing trade agreement.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Baobab
(4,667 posts)because once it is it remains lost even if the country was broken up into a million pieces or its people annihilated, the burden remains forever, onto the ends of time, apparently.
This is why the Europeans- several groups in Europe are attempting to insert clauses into THEIR pending FTAS, despite strong opposition by the United States- to allow them to preserve the rigt to regulate and leave any agreement they want to if they decide its necessary without having to pay foreign countries or companies compensation for lost expected business opportunities which is an outrageous position the US is taking.
felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)with TTIP we will be condemning our children and grandchildren to be forced to FIGHT for their food and medicines and lands. I believe Bernie Sanders is a window of opportunity they DO NOT WANT to happen, because his administration would put a stop to this corporate coup.