Trade Minister offers workaround for TPP sovereignty concerns

"ISDS  clauses create a greater right for a multinational to sue a government than a local company has. That offends people," says David Parker.

Rob Hosking
Mon, 06 Nov 2017

Trade Minister David Parker, off to Apec this week, says New Zealand might yet sign up to to the investor-state dispute resolution settlement (ISDS) parts of the Trans Pacific Partnership – but says the government is working on bilateral agreements so those clauses are never invoked.

That

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