[Mr. Douglas]

So, are decisions legally binding? I doubt it.

[Wolfie]

Not so secret. Stories are easily found of corporations suing countries and even local municipalities under NAFTA. These tribunals are written into the trade agreements.

For example, back in 2001, the NAFTA Tribunal for the case of Metalclad Corp vs. Mexico ruled in favor of Metalclad, ordering the Mexican government to pay US$16.7 million in compensation.

In October 1996, Metalclad Corporation, a U.S. waste-disposal company, accused the Mexican government of violating NAFTA's Chapter 11 when the state of San Luis Potos refused it permission to reopen a waste disposal facility.

The state governor ordered the site closed down after a geological audit showed the facility would contaminate the local water supply. The governor then declared the site part of a 600,000-acre ecological zone. Metalclad claimed that this constituted an act of expropriation and sought US$90 million in compensation.

[DoughtyOne]

These big trade agreements that set in place things like this are why many oppose them.

[Cheerio]

Run and funded by Soros?