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6. True

Sun Mar 1, 2015, 03:17 AM

Mar 2015

They can't supersede, they can just allow companies to recover against the Treasury for the type of decisions a sovereign country might make. For instance:

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/keystone-pipeline-nafta-115511.html?hp=lc2_4

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Robert Reich on the TTP. Good for corporations. Bad for the rest of us. [View all] JDPriestly Feb 2015 OP

, blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #1

True MFrohike Mar 2015 #6

Which means that they will supersede our law. JDPriestly Mar 2015 #8

Not exactly, no MFrohike Mar 2015 #11

I agree with this: JDPriestly Mar 2015 #12

Why do you say the tribunals will not supersede our laws? JDPriestly Mar 2015 #7

Yes it bloody is Populist_Prole Mar 2015 #3

kr ND-Dem Mar 2015 #5