Trade Minister offers workaround for TPP sovereignty concerns
"ISDS clauses create a greater right for a multinational to sue a government than a local company has. That offends people," says David Parker.
Trade Minister David Parker, off to Apec this week, says New Zealand might yet sign up to to the investor-state dispute resolution settlement (ISDS) parts of the Trans Pacific Partnership – but says the government is working on bilateral agreements so those clauses are never invoked.
That
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Rob Hosking
Mon, 06 Nov 2017
Mon, 06 Nov 2017
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Trade Minister offers workaround for TPP sovereignty concerns
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