"Investor-State": What is it?
Channel: m Spiess
Date: 2008-03-09

Mechanism hotwired into " free trade" agreements,NAFTA, CAFTA,others.Steven Shrybman explains what Investor-State is and what makes it so radical. Why is such a revolutionary framework incorporated into trade agreements?
(keep in mind that in "legalese" the term "state
 represents a Nation/nation state.) Also referred to as "Chapter 11" in NAFTA and "Chapter 10" in CAFTA.From LESSONS FROM NAFTA, Iatp Oct 22 ,2007 IATP