If TPP, then can I sue the American Government?

[chknltl]

From what I am hearing, TPP will give Big Business/Multinational Corporations the ability to sue foreign governments over those governments' laws that hinder their abilities to do business/make insane amounts of money.

As a very small time Washington State pot grower it would enhance the hell out of my business if I can market my products in states the U.S. Government forbids me from selling to. Furthermore I am clearly being negatively impacted by my not being able to transport my products across state lines to Colorado. If 'Big Tobacco' can sue Uruguay: http://action.sumofus.org/a/uruguay-philip-morris/? over theoretical losses to their business, why can't 'Little Pot' do the same thing to the US Government?

(I'll check back here after mowing my lawn on the off chance V. Bugliosi decides to take up chknltl vs U.S. Government)

[mmonk]

1. Probably depends on what amendment and approach one uses.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. I think you need to be incorporated, but if you are

then you'd be free to sue each and every government that signs onto the TPP for any laws they might have that limit your potential sales in their countries.

[GoneFishin]

3. If the TPP turd is passed I hope a torrent of such cases flood the system to the point where it is

paralyzed and becomes recognized globally as the giant super turd of an idea that it is.

[randome]

4. This is hyperbole.

You wouldn't be able to sue another country unless that country erects barriers specifically designed to keep your business out. They can erect any other kind of barriers based on health, environment, anything they term 'fairness', etc., so long as those laws are applied equitably to 'home-grown' businesses as well as to foreign businesses.

It's like outlawing egregious tariffs, which only lead to trade wars.

I don't understand why anyone sees this part of the agreement in such a ludicrous light.
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The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
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[Scuba]

7. Source?

[chknltl]

10. Hyperbole perhaps, the source of my inspiration: Thom Hartmann. n/t

[Downwinder]

5. Don't those laws already infringe on your religious beliefs?

[chknltl]

9. No, actually no law infringes on my religious beliefs

Mine is a strange religious belief, (maybe not even a religious belief) but I am OK with it.

[Downwinder]

11. Don't you have a deeply held belief

that pot is beneficial and should be allowed everywhere?

[chknltl]

12. Well I suppose I could have a deeply held BUSINESS belief like that.

Everyone who markets a product might share a similar secret desire for their product. I will confess that I created a strain of Pot that I would like to see marketed nationally, maybe even worldwide. Like any parent, I get it that I might be a little biased with my hopes for that strain's future.

[valerief]

6. No, you can't do it until you're a billionaire and can buy your own members of Congress.

And members of SCOTUS.

[chknltl]

8. Drats! You found the fly in my ointment!

I may not be a billionaire (yet), so I guess I need to find me a Congresscritter willing to work pro-bono!