The Real Danger in TPP

Authors

Lise Johnson, Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable InvestmentFollow
Lisa E. Sachs, Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable InvestmentFollow
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Columbia University, The Center for Sustainable DevelopmentFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2016

Abstract

There has been plenty of criticism leveled at the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – the trade pact signed earlier this month by the United States and 11 other nations.

Over the past year, we have been warning, for example, of the threat the deal poses to sustainable development and the environment. Unfortunately, recent developments have done nothing to dispel these fears. Indeed, there is growing evidence that a mechanism in the deal represents a major grant of power to corporations, one greatly disproportionate to the rights of all other domestic actors including local governments, tribal governments, environmental organizations, citizens, and companies.

Disciplines

Dispute Resolution and Arbitration | Environmental Law | International Law | International Trade Law | Land Use Law | Law | Securities Law | Transnational Law

Recommended Citation

Lise Johnson, Lisa E. Sachs & Jeffrey D. Sachs, The Real Danger in TPP, CNN, February 19, 2016 (2016).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sustainable_investment_staffpubs/103