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Opponents, Warren, Academics Highlight ISDS As Key Reason To Resist TPP

September 8, 2016 at 6:26 PM
More than 220 law and economics professors signed a Sept. 7 letter to members of Congress urging them to vote against the Trans-Pacific Partnership due to the inclusion of investor-state dispute settlement provisions in the final deal, which they argue do not improve upon ISDS rules found in previous trade agreements. The letter was praised by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch Lori Wallach on a press call the same day. Joining Wallach and...

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