Insider view on the "secret" TPP

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15. The defendant state has no recourse to countersue in the same forum, under the draft TPP

As for the real world track record of ISDS matters, this is from the UNCTAD Issues Note, No. 1, .pdf from the section describing the disputes actually brought to arbitration in 2013. The report shows the broad variety of state measures challenged. Do you really want to see corporations and banks gain more leverage over governments in these and related areas?

Challenged measures. Similar to previous years, investors challenged a broad
range of government measures. These include: changes related to investment
incentive schemes (at least 14 cases), cancellation or alleged breaches of contracts
by States (at least 10), alleged direct or de facto expropriation (at least 5), revocation
of licenses or permits, regulation of energy tariffs, allegedly wrongful criminal
prosecution, land zoning decisions, creation of a State monopoly in a previously
competitive sector, allegedly unfair tax assessments or penalties, invalidation of
patents, and legislation relating to sovereign bonds. The subject matter of several
disputes is unknown.