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Zkuq said:
Anything that allows corporations to sue nations for changing laws is bad. That makes TTP bad, and as a European citizen, I hope TTIP suffers the same fate. I'm all for free trade, but these trade agreements seem to be mostly about other things.

Again, as I mentionned, corporations can only sue governments for being impartial, discriminatory depending on country of origin. You can ban smoking; you can't ban all European cigarette brands from competing, while allowing your own cigarette companies to prosper. You can put a carbon tax; you can't put a carbon tax on all foreign corporations, while imposing none on your own buisnesses. It's just a way to assure that trade truly stays free.

I'm pretty sure TTIP is going that way, if that makes you happy.



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