Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Senator, Mr Kahale also said that most favoured nation-status provisions within the TPP investment chapter provide big corporations with a loophole, which enables them to go treaty shopping and use ISDS clauses with impunity within existing agreements that most suit their claims. Given the high level of public concern over the inclusion of ISDS in the TPP, why did our governments agree and sign up to such dangerous provisions?