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Corporate Tribunals Hurdle to TPP; Japan Rice Farmers Pacific Trade Deal Death Sentence
Corporate Tribunals Pose Biggest Hurdle to Europe’s Vote on Transatlantic Trade Pact. A point of contention remains the debate about whether to include investor-state dispute settlements in the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. The mechanism would allow corporations to sue governments if legislation is put in place, or altered, that could negatively impact a company’s profits.
Japan’s “Sacred” Rice Farmers Brace for Pacific Trade Deal’s Death Sentence. In small, wet rice fields across Japan, farmers slosh through the fields and check their plantings. Meanwhile, thousands of miles away in tropical Hawaii, negotiators are in the final stages of talks on a trade agreement that farmers fear will disrupt the rhythm of their life.
