I've been inundated by FWk posts the last few days, I hope to rejoin
the conversation as time permits, but I looked at this one as its
time-sensitive, and had to comment (very briefly!).
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Brian McAndrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PBS Bill Moyers
>If you have access to PBS programming, you may wish to check out the
>following. It will be aired at 10:00pm EST, on Tuesday Feb. 5/02
>
>Bill Moyers takes an investigative look at the way corporate
>investors are using an obscure provision in the North American Free
>Trade Agreement to
>secretly challenge laws, regulations and jury verdicts before an
>international trade tribunal. Allowed by chapter 11 of NAFTA,
"obscure"!!? Looks like all the protests of the last few years
have gone for naught as far as the copywriters are concerned...
-PV
>multinational corporations
>have been able to argue that certain laws aimed at protecting the
>environment are harmful to them economically. These parties are
>demanding compensation and getting it. Moyers goes beyond public
>record to discover how this provision got into NAFTA and who lobbied
>for it.
>
> Bill Moyers Reports: Trading Democracy
>
>How corporate investors are using an obscure provision in the
>North American Free Trade Agreement to challenge laws
