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Baobab

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5. we would have to perform the GATS Article XXI Procedure based on the lost expected profits in the
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 10:17 PM
Mar 2016

entire market segment so that there was no financial incentive. Then wait three or ten years, I forget which..several years before we could exit..

It might be worth it to read the second Achmea v. Slovakia case..

discussion of a similar situation.

the US Gambling case is not representative because that was a tiny market segment, online gambling.. not important by all accounts.. health care, education, services, all are huge services is the hugest, the entire set, 70% of all jobs, whatever the percentage of those that are 'skilled' its high.

Of course one country or company would not be entitled to the whole amount, it would likely be shared between all the countries that had already provided serviv=ces under GATS Mode Four.. And what about TiSA which has similar movement of natural persons provisions? Obviously we would not sign taht.. But would we still have the TPP, and TTIP services provisions, I know both nclude services. Seems like they have us cornered, we have no chance of getting out of this except by national suicide. they have us checkmated, those craft neoliberals.

You have to understand there are numerous other potential bailouts being set up, i would say that the first one or two likely would clean us out and leave us at the mercy of whatever is next.

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