{"product_id":"shadow-courts-the-tribunals-that-rule-global-trade-paperback","title":"Shadow Courts: The Tribunals That Rule Global Trade - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHaley Sweetland Edwards\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA detailed look at one little-known but powerful provision in most modern trade agreements.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e International trade deals have become vastly complex documents, seeking to govern everything from labor rights to environmental protections. This evolution has drawn alarm from American voters, but their suspicions are often vague. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this book, investigative journalist Haley Sweetland Edwards focuses on one crucial aspect of these massive agreements: a powerful provision called Investor-State Dispute Settlement, which allows foreign corporations to sue sovereign nations before little-known supranational arbitration tribunals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Edwards makes a devastating case that these tribunals (the \"shadow courts\" of the book's title), which were designed 50 years ago to protect foreign investors' property rights abroad, are now being exploited by multinational corporations at the expense of sovereign nations and their citizens. From the 1960s to 2000, corporations brought fewer than 40 cases through these tribunals. In the last 15 years, they've brought nearly 650. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the course of her reporting, Edwards interviewed dozens of policymakers, activists, and government officials in Argentina, Canada, Bolivia, Ecuador, the European Union, and the United States. The result is a major story, untold before now, about a significant shift in the global balance of power.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHaley Sweetland Edwards\u003c\/b\u003e is a correspondent at \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e. Previously, she was an editor at the \u003ci\u003eWashington Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, where she wrote about policy and regulation. From 2009 to 2012, she lived and worked in the Middle East and the former Soviet Union, where she wrote for \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. She studied philosophy at Yale and journalism at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She lives in Washington, D.C.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 142\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.4 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772784279840,"sku":"9780997126402","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/258253a556a2c6ac50356833b5eed923.webp?v=1780414184","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/shadow-courts-the-tribunals-that-rule-global-trade-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}