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mrr303am

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3. And the floodgates will open

Reply to think (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 26, 2016, 07:23 AM

Jun 2016

Once congress and Obama signs TPP into law after the general elections. Corporations all around the globe will be suing us for any and all reasons they feel our current laws are cutting into their profits.

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TransCanada formally seeks NAFTA damages in Keystone XL rejection [View all] cali Jun 2016 OP

The American tax payer is being sued for not letting a pipeline for tar sands think Jun 2016 #1

TC is, as the article states, also suing in Federal Court here cali Jun 2016 #2

And the floodgates will open mrr303am Jun 2016 #3

They'll lose. mt msanthrope Jun 2016 #5

Maybe. Maybe not. But corporations have won in other cases using ISDS cali Jun 2016 #7

The US has never lost a case. And railing against arbitration is an antiquated view of dispute msanthrope Jun 2016 #9

baloney. has never is not synonymous with "will never" cali Jun 2016 #10

The only fact presented is that the United States has never lost a case. msanthrope Jun 2016 #14

Can they sue for "lost expected future profits"? TransitJohn Jun 2016 #11

Hope not. It's bad enough they can sue for being blocked from pumping tar sands through a pipeline. think Jun 2016 #12

From Ecowatch cali Jun 2016 #4

They'll lose. nt msanthrope Jun 2016 #6

As long as Obama's decision was based on facts, not xenophobia - and it was - no problem. pampango Jun 2016 #8

TransCanada also filed suit in our regular court system outside of NAFTA, they won't win either suit Hoyt Jun 2016 #13