TPP Would Let Foreign Investors Bypass the Canadian Public Interest

Authors

Lisa E. Sachs, Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable InvestmentFollow
Lise Johnson, Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable InvestmentFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2015

Abstract

In early October, prime ministerial candidate Justin Trudeau promised Canadians “a full and open public debate” on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. With 30 chapters that would bind Canada to sweeping agreements on everything from services to intellectual property to the environment to procurement, there is much to debate.

Disciplines

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

Recommended Citation

Lisa E. Sachs & Lise Johnson, TPP Would Let Foreign Investors Bypass the Canadian Public Interest, The Globe and Mail, November 25, 2015 (2015).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sustainable_investment_staffpubs/122