... more than 9,000 new foreign companies will be empowered to bypass U.S. courts and access a private justice system — investor-state dispute settlement — that allows them to hold U.S. federal, state and local government decisions ransom. Let that soak in for a minute. Wal-Mart’s Japan subsidiary could sue Seattle for denying a building permit. ExxonMobil’s Vietnamese affiliate could come after the United States for rules and regulations that protect our air and water.
http://itk.thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/267968-tpp-a-new-low
http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/Trumka-TPP-Is-a-New-Low
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