POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ethyl Corporation, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Toxic Waste
21 Nov 2017
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Canadian comp will get access to us market <=> . Farmers oppose free trade agreement ( labour unions and agricultural sector ) Fear : m was not reliable in which to invest. Give comp. security to know they can invest in m. Case1 : ethyl corp. (1997) mmt us company and ca govn. Case 2: metaclad (1997) us sued m govn. Case 3 : st. mary"s (2011) sued ca govn. Issued a zoning quota preventing the plant been built. Us signed but congrass has not ratified the agreement. If no country sign then the tpp will not happen. Goal : enable free movement of ppl , g/s , capital. Bigger than nafta ( 444 million ppl 17trillion dollars gdp ) Not only an eco union but also a political union. Result : contracting g economics, no sign of recovery ,44% live below poverty line. Hundreds of billions of money go to cover economy loss.
