Under TTIP, TPP and TiSA, corporations can sue states for lost profits. The German Judges Union calls additional protection of foreign investors “nonsense” that undermines democracy and the constitutional state and could lead to an avalanche of lawsuits and the chilling of labor and environmental protection. Jonas Sjostedt is the chairperson of the Swedish Left Party. Vattenfall is a Swedish energy conglomerate that is suing Germany for 4.7 billion euros for closing two nuclear power plants,
to read Conrad Schuhler’s article “TTIP and CETA Must Be Prevented,” published on April 17, 2016, click on
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2016/05/432177.shtml
