As NAFTA Re-Crafting Continues - We Must Keep Something Called ISDS
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NAFTA New - Should Contain At Least One Thing from NAFTA Old President Donald Trump is thankfully implementing his America First perspective on…everything. If something is good for the US - the Administration does it. Or does it more. If something is bad for the US - the Administration stops doing it. Or works to make it better - so it becomes good for US. This is what is happening on the global trade front. We are enmeshed in all sorts of very awful trade relationships - all over the planet. Trump is working to improve…all of them. All at once. Which is a mite disruptive. But when the global marketplace is this universally anti-America - disruptive is good. But even the worst trade deals - can have aspects contained within that are good. These are, after all, complex and intricate relationships - with many layers and provisions. As Trump works to rid us of the bad aspects - he absolutely should keep the good. To wit: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - and the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). NAFTA is, of course, our trade deal with Canada and Mexico. And as we work to rid NAFTA of its bad aspects - we absolutely should keep ISDS. In fact - we should strengthen it. What is ISDS?
As NAFTA Re-Crafting Continues - We Must Keep Something Called ISDS
As NAFTA Re-Crafting Continues - We Must Keep…
As NAFTA Re-Crafting Continues - We Must Keep Something Called ISDS
NAFTA New - Should Contain At Least One Thing from NAFTA Old President Donald Trump is thankfully implementing his America First perspective on…everything. If something is good for the US - the Administration does it. Or does it more. If something is bad for the US - the Administration stops doing it. Or works to make it better - so it becomes good for US. This is what is happening on the global trade front. We are enmeshed in all sorts of very awful trade relationships - all over the planet. Trump is working to improve…all of them. All at once. Which is a mite disruptive. But when the global marketplace is this universally anti-America - disruptive is good. But even the worst trade deals - can have aspects contained within that are good. These are, after all, complex and intricate relationships - with many layers and provisions. As Trump works to rid us of the bad aspects - he absolutely should keep the good. To wit: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - and the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). NAFTA is, of course, our trade deal with Canada and Mexico. And as we work to rid NAFTA of its bad aspects - we absolutely should keep ISDS. In fact - we should strengthen it. What is ISDS?