If the political power falls into the hands of multinational corporations

If the political power falls into the hands of multinational corporations and the World Bank ...

The White House has formally notified Congress on plans to start negotiations with the European Union to establish a free trade area, in order to create the most comprehensive business alliance and financial crisis to stimulate new economic growth. 

But some consumer organizations and environmental Americans, have revealed that in the treaty between America and the Old World, you'd be working on a clause in a position to put corporations on the same level of sovereign states. A return is the American version dell'Huffingtonpost. 

Under the spotlight of nonprofit organizations, it ended the "investor-state dispute resolution," a provision that would allow companies to appeal in court against international regulatory frameworks or standards. The Court has the power to impose sanctions against any country that violates its own judgments. In this role as a judge should be the World Bank. 

A spokesman for the Office of Foreign Trade of the United States, dall'Huffingtonpost contacted, confirmed that the agency "is considering the inclusion of procedures dispatched, fair and transparent resolution of disputes between states and investors" in the free trade treaty between the USA and EU, specifying, however, that this new mechanism will be "subject to appropriate safeguarding and protection of the legitimate interests of government regulations." 

The rules for resolving disputes between corporations and states are opposed by various public interest groups in America. "These rules elevate the corporation at the level of nation states and allow him to proceed against the governments for every law or policy that would reduce their future profits," said all'Huffingotonpost Ilana Solomon, an expert on trade for the Sierra Club, a environmental group. 

The clause on the settlement of disputes between the state and investors, it is a common practice in the bilateral agreements negotiated by the United States since the 1994 Trade Agreement, but is not allowed for the time being in the disputes between the USA and the EU governed, however, by the rules of the WTO , the World Trade Organization. 

In other agreements have been used by businesses. As in the case of Exxon Mobil and Dow Chemical who have used these clauses to challenge the Canadian rules on drilling off shore. [huffingtonpost.it].