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    <p>Just because Trump dumped the TPP doesn't mean that his
      administration doesn't like one of its worst aspects ...<br>
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    <div class="moz-forward-container">-------- Forwarded Message
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            <th align="RIGHT" valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap">Subject:
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            <td>[Aware] People's Agenda Update - ISDS: The Threat That
              Keeps on Threatening šŸŒ</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap">Date: </th>
            <td>Tue, 28 Mar 2017 19:04:36 +0000</td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap">From: </th>
            <td>Popular Resistance via Aware
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:aware@lists.chambana.net"><aware@lists.chambana.net></a></td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap">Reply-To:
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            <td>Popular Resistance
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:flushthetpp@popularresistance.org"><flushthetpp@popularresistance.org></a></td>
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            <th align="RIGHT" valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap">To: </th>
            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:aware@anti-war.net">aware@anti-war.net</a></td>
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      <title>People's Agenda Update - ISDS: The Threat That Keeps on
        Threatening šŸŒ</title>
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                                                          <div
                                                          style="color:
#222222;text-align: right;"><em>Art by Oliver Munday</em></div>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <font
                                                          color="#222222">Dear
                                                          Corporate
                                                          Greed
                                                          Resisters,</font><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Brought to the
                                                          world stage by
                                                          NAFTA, the
                                                          Investment-State
                                                          Dispute
                                                          Settlement
                                                          (ISDS) is
                                                          amongst the
                                                          biggest
                                                          threats to
                                                          democracy that
                                                          the Trump
                                                          administration
                                                          and
                                                          corporations
                                                          throughout the
                                                          globe want
                                                          consolidated
                                                          in the new
                                                          world order.<br>
                                                          Ā <br>
                                                          Last week, the
                                                          Trump
                                                          administration
                                                          prepared a
                                                          21-point list
                                                          entitled <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=2c6fb03a78&e=dac11ea256"
target="_blank" style="color: #6DC6DD;font-weight:
                                                          normal;text-decoration:
underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">ā€œKey
                                                          Elements of a
                                                          Model Trade
                                                          Agreementā€</span></a>
                                                          at the request
                                                          of Senator Pat
                                                          Roberts
                                                          (R-Kan.) ahead
                                                          of Robert
                                                          Lighthizerā€™s
                                                          congressional
                                                          hearing on his
                                                          nomination to
                                                          be the next
                                                          United States
                                                          Trade
                                                          Representatives.<br>
                                                          Ā <br>
                                                          While many
                                                          items on the
                                                          list are a
                                                          cause for
                                                          alarm, we want
                                                          to remind
                                                          everyone of
                                                          the
                                                          persistence of
                                                          ISDS across
                                                          presidencies.<br>
                                                          Ā <br>
                                                          We have heard
                                                          Trump
                                                          repeatedly
                                                          rant about how
                                                          horrible NAFTA
                                                          and the TPP
                                                          were, yet he
                                                          has kept
                                                          silent on the
                                                          devastating
                                                          effect of one
                                                          of ISDS as a
                                                          main component
                                                          of these
                                                          deals.<br>
                                                          Ā 
                                                          <div
                                                          style="text-align:
                                                          left;">I<img
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
data-file-id="4793"
src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413/images/b99332ff-a079-4007-97bc-4b3439cade8e.jpeg"
                                                          style="border:
                                                          0px
                                                          none;margin:
                                                          15px;float:
                                                          left;line-height:
                                                          100%;outline:
none;text-decoration: none;height: auto !important;" height="299"
                                                          width="224">n
                                                          a fantastic <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://popularresistance.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=14d947d88a&e=dac11ea256"
target="_blank" style="color: #6DC6DD;font-weight:
                                                          normal;text-decoration:
underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">Buzzfeed
                                                          investigative
                                                          report</span></a>,
                                                          Chris Hamby
                                                          showed how
                                                          U.S.
                                                          corporations
                                                          have
                                                          benefitted
                                                          immensely from
                                                          the
                                                          alternative
                                                          court system
                                                          which has
                                                          power over
                                                          national
                                                          governments.
                                                          According to
                                                          the United
                                                          Nations
                                                          Conference on
                                                          Trade and
                                                          Development,
                                                          the most ISDS
                                                          suits
                                                          originated
                                                          from the
                                                          United States
                                                          with a soaring
                                                          138 suits.
                                                          ISDS is a
                                                          threat for any
                                                          country that
                                                          wants to
                                                          increase labor
                                                          and
                                                          environmental
                                                          protections
                                                          domestically
                                                          and a global
                                                          threat to
                                                          climate change
                                                          action and
                                                          peoplesā€™
                                                          sovereignty.</div>
                                                          Ā <br>
                                                          For example,
                                                          Public
                                                          Citizenā€™s
                                                          Global Trade
                                                          Watch just
                                                          published a
                                                          blog post on
                                                          how
                                                          pharmaceutical
                                                          giant <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=c36080098c&e=dac11ea256"
target="_blank" style="color: #6DC6DD;font-weight:
                                                          normal;text-decoration:
underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">Novartis
                                                          has used ISDS
                                                          as a threat</span></a>
                                                          to drag the
                                                          Colombian
                                                          government
                                                          into a
                                                          corporate
                                                          tribunal if it
                                                          tries to make
                                                          an essential
                                                          cancer drug
                                                          accessible.
                                                          Colombiaā€™s
                                                          legislation
                                                          could make end
                                                          Novartisā€™s
                                                          current
                                                          monopoly
                                                          rights to
                                                          produce the
                                                          drug and
                                                          authorize
                                                          generic
                                                          competition,
                                                          which could
                                                          decrease the
                                                          $15,000 per
                                                          year per
                                                          patient price
                                                          tag by some
                                                          44%.<br>
                                                          Ā <br>
                                                          We expect the
                                                          Trump
                                                          administration
                                                          to continue
                                                          strengthening
                                                          the power of
                                                          the corporate
                                                          court system
                                                          with the
                                                          renegotiations
                                                          of NAFTA and
                                                          other trade
                                                          agreements.
                                                          Additionally,
                                                          the European
                                                          Union is <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=465d604f10&e=dac11ea256"
target="_blank" style="color: #6DC6DD;font-weight:
                                                          normal;text-decoration:
underline;word-wrap: break-word !important;"><span style="color:#0000FF">pushing
                                                          for a
                                                          multi-lateral
                                                          ISDS system</span></a>
                                                          through its
                                                          negotiations
                                                          with Chile and
                                                          MĆ©xico along
                                                          with another
                                                          40 countries
                                                          during the
                                                          World Economic
                                                          Forum.<br>
                                                          Ā <br>
                                                          If we are to
                                                          have the power
                                                          to rule
                                                          ourselves in
                                                          the future, to
                                                          pull the
                                                          brakes on
                                                          global warming
                                                          and the
                                                          devastating
                                                          effects of
                                                          climate
                                                          change, then
                                                          we must defeat
                                                          ISDS in any
                                                          context.<br>
                                                          Ā <br>
                                                          <em>The greed
                                                          of a few
                                                          cannot take on
                                                          the lives of
                                                          the many.</em>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="text-align:
                                                          center;"><br>
                                                          <strong>A
                                                          visual
                                                          description of
                                                          ISDS</strong><img
moz-do-not-send="true" data-file-id="4789"
src="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413/images/10c65ff1-0cbb-419b-a24e-077688285f59.jpeg"
                                                          style="border:
                                                          0px
                                                          none;margin:
                                                          15px;line-height:
                                                          100%;outline:
none;text-decoration: none;height: auto !important;" height="1348"
                                                          width="417"></div>
                                                          Ā <br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <font
                                                          color="#222222">UniteĀ for
                                                          Global
                                                          Justice,</font><br>
                                                          <font
                                                          color="#222222">Trade
                                                          for People and
                                                          Planet Team</font><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=7b4651b4a2&e=dac11ea256"
                                                          style="color:
#222222;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap:
                                                          break-word
                                                          !important;"
                                                          target="_blank"><span
style="color:#0000FF">Trade for People and PlanetĀ on the web</span></a><br>
                                                          <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://popularresistance.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=a3d0937aeb&e=dac11ea256"
                                                          style="color:
#222222;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap:
                                                          break-word
                                                          !important;"
                                                          target="_blank"><span
style="color:#0000FF">Facebook</span></a><br>
                                                          <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://popularresistance.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=33602bebba8fb7dd6e71fb413&id=99b07b6234&e=dac11ea256"
                                                          style="color:
#222222;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;word-wrap:
                                                          break-word
                                                          !important;"
                                                          target="_blank"><span
style="color:#0000FF">Twitter, @FlushTheTPP</span></a><br>
                                                          Ā 
                                                          <div
                                                          style="color:
#222222;text-align: center;">
                                                          <div class="Mu
                                                          SP"
                                                          style="text-align:
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                                                          </div>
                                                        </div>
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