> .. GATT and NAFTA ought to be called “investor rights agreements,” not “free trade agreements.” One of their main purposes is to extend the ability of corporations to carry out market-distorting operations internally. So when people like Anthony Lake talk about enlarging market democracy, he’s enlarging something, but it’s not markets and it’s not democracy. #NoamChomsky #FreeTrade #InvestorsRights #MarketDemocracy #NAFTA #GATT #FreeTradeAgreements
https://1motorcyclist.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/noam-chomsky-2011-how-the-world-works.pdf

Sounds like an older WTO?

> ICSID, established in 1966 as a means to resolve legal disputes between international investors and states, is an investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) court under the World Bank. ICSID allows investors to effectively sue governments for investment losses, including future profits.

https://archive.is/sFiJb

#ICSID #ISDS #GuillaumeLong #InvestorsRights #AntiDemocracy
#AntiSoveriegnty

@bs2