Basically, big corporations discovered how valuable the ISDS could be when dealing with foreign governments who were a bit too ambitious in the regulatory domain.
Free trade advocates preach free market values, but pro-corporate tools like the ISDS reveal a fundamental truth about global free trade today; it is less about ideology than it is profit.
Out of all big industries making billions in profit, the pharmaceutical is probably the most ethically questionable.
Anti-intellectualism and corporate power are undermining our capacity to fight climate change.
