'Time Is Up': Democrats Target Trade Regime That Blocks Climate Progress

Edward Carver is a staff writer for Common Dreams.

Prominent Democrats on Wednesday called for ending corporate-backed arbitration provisions in trade agreements as the Sierra Club issued a report showing that fossil fuel companies use the provisions to block climate action. The report calls for the U.S. government to not only stop signing trade agreements with Investor-State Dispute Settlement provisions, as President Joe Biden has already done since taking office, but also end or modify existing agreements that have them.

to intimidate countries from strengthening environmental and human rights protections.' Many for good. — Iliana Paul May 29, 2024 ' provisions from existing agreements. While the Sierra Club report focuses on —a secretive and rigged arbitration system that multinational companies use to bypass domestic courts and challenge protections for the environment, workers, and consumers around the world. It's time to shut the door and eliminate

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