WATCH: German Public TV Video on ISDS with EN subtitles

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WATCH: German Public TV Channel Video on ISDS with English subtitles - 43 min.

[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV2NZ9MQh0w ]

Dear All:

Here is the video prepared for German Public Television with English subtitles made for European citizens to understand the true nature of Investor State about which there has been such huge backlash in Europe and especially Germany. [An earlier version in German was released some time ago ] By highlighting a Canadian case under NAFTA, the first major agreement between developed countries with ISDS included, the producers were warning Europeans about what could happen when saddled with NAFTA- like ISDS agreements with both Canada under CETA and the US under TTIP.

It could also be useful for lobbying in Canada to have the struggles of a local community portrayed in situ with local interviewees who fought against a large American quarry there only to lose under ISDS i.e. the Digby Neck Nova Scotia Bilcon case which has become a lightening rod for critique of ISDS world wide. Likewise for European cases - Vattenfall against the German decision, after Fukushima, to phase out nuclear power and Spanish government’s decision to stop the subsidization of solar companies operating in Spain. You will also see and hear analyses from many legal experts from various European countries as well as from Canada and the US as to what is transpiring politically and economically with what the majority see as an unfair attack on the public sphere and a violation of national sovereignty. There is also significant documentation provided by Cecilia Olivet from the Transnational Institute one of Canada's Trade Justice Network's collaborators in bringing to light the egregious nature of ISDS.

This video should also be useful for informing the public about the mechanics of ISDS and its private tribunals, behind the scenes machinations, and multiple impacts compared to public law courts hence giving an unfair advantage to corporations.

The Vattenfall case against the German decision to phase out nuclear power plants after the Fukushima disaster also reminds us of the Lone Pine Resources case against the government of Quebec for placing a moratorium on fracking and how difficult it could be to enforce agreements on Climate Action made in Paris as Professor Gus van Harten well knows . He has called for a trade deal exemption clause in his new report, "An ISDS Carve-out to Support Action on Climate Change" a move championed by the Council of Canadians and Maude Barlow.

[ http://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/09 ... ort-claims ]


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[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV2NZ9MQh0w ]