U.S. business groups tie support for NAFTA 2.0 to the inclusion of ISDS

The leaders of three major U.S. business organizations this week told the Trump administration that a renegotiated NAFTA must include an investor-state dispute settlement mechanism if the groups are going to support a retooled deal. In an Aug. 23 letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue, National Association of Manufacturers President Jay Timmons and Business Roundtable President Joshua Bolten reiterated their support for ISDS. “Attempts to eliminate or weaken ISDS will harm American...