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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/13/obama-trade-document-leak_n_1592593.html
New details leaked that suggest he is going to allow foreign companies to operate on U.S. soil and be able to appeal to an international tribunal to circumvent any U.S. enviromental laws that they don't feel like obeying. America will be forced to let them break the laws or face santions!
New details leaked that suggest he is going to allow foreign companies to operate on U.S. soil and be able to appeal to an international tribunal to circumvent any U.S. enviromental laws that they don't feel like obeying. America will be forced to let them break the laws or face santions!
Under the agreement currently being advocated by the Obama administration, American corporations would continue to be subject to domestic laws and regulations on the environment, banking and other issues. But foreign corporations operating within the U.S. would be permitted to appeal key American legal or regulatory rulings to an international tribunal. That international tribunal would be granted the power to overrule American law and impose trade sanctions on the United States for failing to abide by its rulings.
The terms run contrary to campaign promises issued by Obama and the Democratic Party during the 2008 campaign. "We will not negotiate bilateral trade agreements that stop the government from protecting the environment, food safety, or the health of its citizens; give greater rights to foreign investors than to U.S. investors; require the privatization of our vital public services; or prevent developing country governments from adopting humanitarian licensing policies to improve access to life-saving medications," reads the campaign document.