Originally Posted by
eschatological
ISDS requires specific violations of trade treaties, and TPP has been much better written than NAFTA. It has specific regulations and standards required of host country labor practices, for example. Of course, it hasn't gone through the meatgrinder of Congress, so there's that. The U.S. is already subject to more than 50 trade agreements which have ISDS as an arbitration measure, and only 13 cases have ever been brought against the U.S., all of which the U.S. government won. TPP, specifically, says that governments can regulate in public interest/public health without violating the TPP, and also has a mechanism for dealing with frivolous suits. They're also committed to being transparent and having public hearings.