The Investor State Dispute Settlements (ISDS) system allows corporations and investors to sue states for billions of dollars in compensation - for example, when governments tighten environmental regulations or stop controversial mining projects. A new ranking by PowerShift now shows how few European countries, especially Germany, are doing against these ISDS lawsuits. The lawsuits not only undermine important environmental and climate policies, they also directly harm people who want to protect their livelihoods. This is reported by local activists from Latin America.
Is there a slow rise in resistance to the special rights? And what should countries do to stand up to investors? Nora Noll talks about this with Bettina Müller and Fabian Flues, speakers for trade policy at PowerShift.
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