there is a disincentive really to tell the truth we have created an incentive to almost require or for people to a lot there's an odor of mendacity throughout the afghanistan issue and i know congressman connelly has heard me talk about this years ago mendacity in hoover us as i said there are no illusions washington knows full well that it is so screwed that have got to stand is a lost cause that they messed up as revealed by the afghan war papers in which officials in these who so rare moment in which their honest would trying to do here we didn't have the focus newson the would ruin the taking the risk of fundamental gap of understanding of the front end of the stated objectives and overreliance in the military and the lack of understanding of the resources necessary and that in the hubris the arab good to takes the more and more american

troops to go fight in a war that you know is a lost cause these hopeless donald trump has been saying for years he wants to get us out of afghanistan he doesn't seem to be doing that even though in principle he's the commander in chief he can give the order for them to leave and they will leave but i don't expect that to happen so i think unfortunately we're stuck they are still for the foreseeable future there isn't will all lot in the way of a coherent mission that stated for our being in afghanistan of the 1st place except i would say that the mission or being an afghanistan is essentially to stay in afghanistan a footprint and a very strategic piece of ground in the middle of eurasia that comment is our chinese and russian interests and that's the real purpose of being there the taleban perhaps respect that we're simply not about annoyance. thanks for joining us here on c.n.n. international we're back at the top of the hour with the latest headlines.

i. thank. you. so it becomes a passer mechanism right so they buy back their own stock with cheap money from the fed and it goes through the company ostensibly to help the company but it's not it's it's disenfranchising the company and then on the other side the executives fear of getting that money from the fed directly into their pocket they use the company as a pastor mechanism so what happens is it leads to incredible malinvestment so boeing now is no longer a viable company. in europe people are taking to the streets to protest the lack of transparency in treaty negotiations such as the t.t. ip treaty with the us and the seat a treaty with canada. the use of

arbitration tribunals a central and totally opaque part of these treaties is a serious threat to the future of democracies. may. be. tiny little lonia block the signing of the free trade agreement with canada thanks to paul men yet it's minister president. 3.5000000 loons blocked a treaty concerning 500000000 europeans a smooth european entity defines the great liberal euro it's truly david against goliath want to. be

a pretty. good move us face that one jesus was good of us tried to figure for we're big. as good. there's all these what do we do that if you're a genius or not. as good as you would you give us big galaxy or be our survey design because prevail don't want to sign it just. sources on those i mean i don't it is only. this sort of just was for me as it examined this you know not that exam i was the 1st of all fairy sit up chris said don't fix it it's all there are. good in your hope in synagogues this will be done. to attract foreign investors you're a promise canada did would integrate the international arbitration system called dns into the treaty. the cornerstone of the system is the deterrent effect for states when

a complaint is made. women's state nationalized is a business it seizes property and the state then compensates for this expropriation . but if the state raises the minimum wage or passes an. all or prohibits disruptors it can affect a company's gains. this is an indirect expose creation since it's a loss of earnings. sufficient ground for suing a state before a private international arbitration tribunals. for also this is the strongest on my going to. product that at the demand is on the move before. brown obviously smoking up over. a

real scandal. this interact expose creation written into the sea to and other treaties opens up a real. box. complaints against government measures that bother investors are likely to increase. arbitration tribunals are a massive deterrent to the state. it is a commits also its use of it is that at sea they have to. stand. there let me get these mickey spillane again is the glue that is assume it droops hide behind these as we don't seem to get is the good idea suki get you know the gong annual routine us tonight. if you don't get one more skivvies dispenses it getting conspiracy chief. that you like us to take on that is to add that back in the top. if it disappears if i have a lot of. new news i want to take him on this one on the hope soon like it's going

to be. by example. or who 50 s rescission up again that is to simply deal with it politically she says we're going to hold human was that they give us things everyone won't again you. don't look enough. to guess you don't even have one and if it destroys you to hate you more this will be skewered you could even see me no token so matter of one example does it. do some stronger don't live on. this is your government if and when i saw most of us return to the richest in our discipline pre-song to be safe i think. it is for to make its move to check our visit to see me. in the air out of the grave of a massive expansion of the will of our investor says. so what happens when we introduce a couple of the new traders like santa and the other big one as the trans-pacific

partnership promoters are biased as have a lot of like to say well we already have 2 or 3000 of them. trainee's what's a couple more teeth that combine with a seat and the pain takes us from still having a minority role in the world to be calming and establishments of the institution why the foreign investors have their most powerful rights at the international level of any private charter in the world most people think about trade they think about goods and services being a strange between countries and the investment component the investor chopped or a trade agreement is about something very different is about establishing a special system of international protection for foreign on. p. diddy's you see that is the season is the. in. the cool it could be due

to belleek key over who needs even the thoughts on foot length if you know is he going to be is that he's the c.e.o. missing c 90 hey genius do you see 20 you know he can see and if you bought it thank you people the folks who would want. and will exist to commit that we will have all the most obsessed out of leverage on the level of people. on juice is a simple quote you can this is don't predict. a level was going to secure it it's time i've got to live with less you know and i think that in 12 when i was saw something to break. the vision. i let it go and the real piece i'm what you could be the. defense wants to have no hands in economy. they put out is what i would say only for. those who've been thinking on concrete

i'm going to kill. in these arbitration type. multinationals impose their will most often in great secrecy. secrecy is not only an obstacle in forming citizens it is the keystone of the whole system allowing for the most shameful arrangements. i am this is what happened in germany when the swedish multinational vattenfall a large energy producer indirectly attacked the city of hamburg in 2009. plan to get the federal state that remained secret for years and was unveiled thanks to a professor of international law marcus kai of. tradition are secret because no one prevents the parties from the go see it in

anything and then in the public hearing they will say whatever they say but the real negotiations will take place outside. in 2007 vattenfall obtained a building permit for a coal fired power station in the suburbs of hamburg. following the 2008 elections and to petition the elected green party review the permit. the discharge of hot water into the elbe to cool turbines threatens the aquatic fauna vattenfall would have to comply with and the pollution measures. and how did vattenfall react by immediately filing a complaint before an arbitration tribunals demanding 1400000000 euros in compensation under pressure germany secretly negotiated with wagner fall intil 2011 and suddenly one day the case was closed we only know at the

end that they reached the said i listen this is very important the only publicly available information is that they said that. and of the store i am marcus k.f.c. scrutinize the tribunals decision. it mentions a mysterious compromise between vattenfall and hamburg signed in a local court. order. and so that's what i said well if they reached a settlement in front of the best accord in hamburg then this is a piece of information that i can request and the federal government refused. but the city of hamburg sent it to. the city gave a new permit which is less restrictive than the op that's the. button for did what many buttons i wanted

a change in the public and that's what they got. as unbelievable as it may sound hundreds green party didn't impose the environmental standards that it considered just. i can just imagine the conversation that took place between the federal government of germany and the city of hamburg so the federal government said well look we signed this 50 we are bound by this internationally germany has international obligations and you have to fulfill that we can't you cannot become a break international law i mean this is also a powerful argument especially in democracies especially in countries like germany but all over the world. even germany is caught in the trap of its treaties and gives in to blackmail. in total secrecy the state signed an agreement on march 11th 2011.

that same day japan suffered the worst earthquake in its history. this disaster shook the planet and especially germany. pressured by a 50 year old's anti nuclear movement and following protests in 450 cities across the country under the merkel was compounds who act. she moved to abandon nuclear power with maturity suppose. anything ya plans and then. to me. in.

the name. if you can in any. can. one thing you know that counted. in that. i actually don't think monopolies per se are the problem it's. access to credit or to politicians and probably both but the crony financial isn't crony capitalism that's the big problem.

god. the chancellor's decision became the 13th amendment of the law on atomic energy when it was voted in 4 months later. the 7 oldest german plants were immediately closed among them those the boones bottle and crumble which also belong to the swedish multinational vattenfall. immediately vattenfall challenge the legitimacy of the nuclear law at the

constitutional court of karlsruhe the highest court of justice in germany. but as a foreign investor vattenfall can also a tad germany in a private arbitration court. it had already won once it could and would try again in may 2012 it filed a new complaint in arbitration. the trial takes place in washington although it essentially concerns europe. well good morning those young women i'll bring you misty early trishna hang in picture number a rb slash 12th rush 12th. in a metal retreat in london in fall a b. ask lehmann's and the federal republic of germany s response in the interest of transparency this hearing is being streamed so that also the public going know what your state does for sentiment is about. each other greet. is

president of supreme. the arbitrator is john vandenberg. sweden's kai. and the bean a conrad defends those observe any compensation claim for $7000000000.00 euros. as a consequence of the 13th amendment claimants lost their production licenses for the criminal plant and for the and plant there was simply withdrawn. the dispute does not concern germany's right as such face of nuclear energy rather this dispute concerns the manner in which germany has chosen implementing decision and its failure to probe to protect claimants investments in particular concerns germany's failure to pay any compensation at all. the heart and so most in

this protection treaties is to provide protection against expropriation. difficulty however when we talk about indirect expropriation is to draw the line between expropriation on the one and legitimate governmental measures on the other. and there is no easy way to draw these lines and make this distinction. so of course one could say that the protection that in the esters enjoy under the treaty is influence how and what the state regulates. doesn't matter if a parliament has adopted a law in the most democratic way. it can still violate international purgation stop the state has undertaken in the international treaty. it is for

each individual state to decide whether or not they want to sign such treaties germany is trying to do in this arbitration is tricks to fukushima disaster. to create a narrative that would excuse its wrongdoing. you can put perfume on it but the border guards here is that the international piece to govern this dispute. legally germany cannot challenge the ratified treaty. but the swedish giant failed to meet its obligations. it did not repair its damaged power plants a great danger for the population. claimants now see compensation for their own business failure billions for plants which were not tarrie is for their problems but apparently in. reality a burning transfer meter is totally normal as are bursting pipes

also normal involved and soon of us are corroded barrels with radioactive waste. to follow showing you a promotional video off the power plant in that video none of the events that are listed here on the site feature and plans but both of them have been standing still . not because of focus shima not because of the moratorium not because of the 13th amendment but because of a multitude of incidents. to come to. defeat. kind smigel a nuclear physicist from greenpeace called as an expert witness took a close look at all the plans failures.

experienced and. i did as any sane was. over these cables with the defeat of. a trade in history of confusion throughout the ship so. on this machine transform our thoughts to dollars and even. the machines and some of the how to see. early to be in. any big in this is an unknown. talked. to hoot. it's a. it came from the feet to link for me it is possible she only looked 'd me in the. discounting which. said wouldn't it if this were an infant book all through it.

thus germany is in famine toward descriptions of fires quote unquote and pictures of corroded barrels quote unquote country but nothing to the ultimate determination as to whether in 2011 germany has admitted in this over trade that its decision to accelerate to phase out was not based on concerns over safety of the nuclear power plants but mariner on an alleged change perception of the general risk that nuclear energy poses to the german population that is all politics. that involves lawyer is sheltering behind the law behind strict legal language is not to recognise the multi-nationals responsibility. what is very clear that this group of people or many of them have been educated in

a particular way they are all educated in this particular way of looking at international law as a sort of technical matter and at the same time thinking that giving companies as many rights and privileges will benefit the global economy so lawyers on the. trains in thinking about consequences of their cases more as a trained in thinking about a way of by the more. there's all you frenched of it is and the french term is that . so this is what this really apply is you people think in a very similar lowered this case is very controversial and has generated much public debate now why is that because it's an arbitration which should never have been brought under the energy charter treaty and under the exit convention. the reason for it through the amendment. was different. actually and you are correct. that is correct.

if that is a public perception. how would that legally. into. the investment protection. during the show i make a number of assumptions i don't ask you to do anything but sure that this would be because it is almost impossible hypothetical because you are. assuming that the public is wrong and the right wrong some of the perception changes in the public how does that translate into legally introduce you to. and i was listening to the. opening this morning. claiming that the thirteen's and meant and was a political decision and they've said it quite often i wonder when political has become such a dirty word. it comes from the greek political us which

means relating to the people to the citizens to the state. and democracy is nothing if not political it is government of the people by the people for the people. it has to be political that's a definition and it's certainly not as he was. refusing any political or democratic consideration multinationals consider themselves outside politics and above the law but laws still exist. while vattenfall the trial against germany is proceeding in washington the federal constitutional court in karlsruhe where the 1st complaint was lived give this judgement. the court declares that abandoning nuclear power conforms

to the german constitution and that the companies affected will have to receive a financial compensation. about the fire come off to prove to your argument when it is it's great to survive on trade schools better there's harmony a cure your shorts on for you on that come into also just and dozens of us from here good to even also song on commision seems to be least industrial in the tradition for the not so garden. bagel and give you a foster mom that's involved in guns on a 2nd site also can i mean i was going to move i just feel even in houston as often . it's in visalia used to push me to get on to the. country give enough for. the work of far. as he was cured and a spot of dust must confide in east insurance he says there should be

5 it need this communion and this was stopped so long it can also be humbled to be . in a key concern in love as opposed to his and his and extended. she's skittish to be moved when he went on in the spotlight as the sharpness of sorts for the woman of. 40000000 on a 1st impression and all but i don't know about a nice reeks in the few commas you need out in the oil or. it is up to the german government to set the amount of compensation to be validated by the bundestag. in an arbitration case it's very different. the amount of compensation is much higher and is set arbitrarily by business

lawyers with no democratic legitimacy. a considerable portion of legal costs $4.00 to $10000000.00 is to be paid primarily by the state. so in becomes a passer mechanism right so they buy back their own stock with cheap money from the fed and it goes through the company ostensibly to help the company but it's not it's it's disenfranchising the company and then on the other side the executives fear of getting that money from the fed directly into their pocket they use the company as a passer mechanism so what happens is it leads to incredible mal investment so boeing that was no longer a viable company. was

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