Free Trade: Pathway to Prosperity - or Back Road to Corporatism?
by Larry Powell As globalization reaches a frenzied pace, free trade agreements (FTAs) between nations are coming thick and fast, too. Now, a knowledgable source with impressive credentials is sounding the latest cautionary note about "CETA," the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement which Prime Minister Harper and the European Union signed , in principle last year. Howard Mann PhD (1988): London School of Economics. Master of Laws LL.M. (1984): London School of Economics. Bachelor of Civil Law (1982): McGill University. Senior International Law Advisor to the IISD. Photo credit – Sue Danahy, Ottawa A Canadian expert in international law, Howard Mann, (above) is lending an important new voice to a now-familiar chorus of alarm about " CETA," in particular. For decades, large corporations have been using provisions within existing free trade agreements to sue sovereign nations who pass certain l