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Baobab

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5. WTO GATS

Sat May 28, 2016, 03:15 AM

May 2016

Last edited Sat May 28, 2016, 06:54 PM - Edit history (2)

They repealed Glass-Stagall for GATS, and GATS is also the reason our health care cannot ever get fixed.

The same thing has happened to a bunch of other countries too.

A good example is South Africa. Their NHI - national health insurance which they voted for in 2006, still has not been implemented, the reason is GATS's rigid requirements..

If they did not have GATS they could have single payer.

Same with us.

The situation with Slovakia involves a BIT, not GATS. Still, it is quite informative.

http://www.italaw.com/cases/417
Achmea B.V. v. The Slovak Republic, UNCITRAL, PCA Case No. 2008-13 (formerly Eureko B.V. v. The Slovak Republic). Case type: International Investment ...

http://www.italaw.com/cases/2564
Achmea B.V. v. The Slovak Republic, UNCITRAL, PCA Case No. 2013-12 (Number 2). Case type: International Investment Agreement. Applicable arbitration ...

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