Company vs country

BBC Radio 4 | 30 March 2015

Company vs country

Inside the booming and lucrative business of multinational companies suing governments. The strangely-named investor state dispute settlement (ISDS) system is built into thousands of treaties between countries around the world. It is a key part of negotiations for a new trade and investment treaty between the US and the EU. Yet on both sides of the Atlantic, resistance is mounting. Michael Robinson digs into the ISDS mechanism to find out if the fears are justified. Are these little-known lawsuits threatening the democratic process?
Producer: Rosamund Jones.

Listen:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b05ntj7p

Download:
http://www.bilaterals.org/IMG/mp3/company-v-country.mp3

source: BBC