The US-EU trade treaty that could let corporations sue governments

Al Jazeera-America - Investor-state dispute settlement: US wants it, EU is trying to reform it, and 97 percent of EU citizens reject it

“People felt very strongly that nuclear power should be phased out. They were shocked to see a company could actually challenge something that was approved at the constitutional level,” said Cecilia Olivet of the Transnational Institute, a Dutch social justice organization for scholars, activists and policymakers. This was the second time Germany was sued by the company — the first was over environmental restrictions on a coal-fired plant, which the country was forced to settle.

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