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A Not-So-Modest Proposal to Reform NAFTA
… recently made a NAFTA proposal that would nearly eliminate the private corporate justice system known as ISDS (investor-to-state dispute settlement). … This proposal alone is not enough to fix NAFTA's many shortcomings, but it is a step in the right direction. As trade activists know, ISDS is nothing more than a crony capitalist giveaway that reduces our power as … for workers that makes it even harder to join together to negotiate for better wages — no matter where we live or work. The U.S. proposal , designed by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer , would allow each NAFTA party to opt out …