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Pro
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Con
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| Reduces obstacles for trade and foreign investments. |
Requires governments to treat foreign corporations as
good as or better than domestic companies. |
| A provision in the agreement that maintains an individual
government’s sovereignty will ensure that, that country can set environmentally
friendly standards. |
Limits a government’s ability to regulate environmental
laws because foreign investors have the right to sue for "expropriation". |
| A provision that forces foreign investors to follow stringent
environmental standards will result in more efficient, environmentally
friendly methods of production. |
The MAI forbids governments from requiring
foreign corporations to share their technological advances with others
in their industry. |
| Global economies will facilitate foreign investment in
developing countries and will benefit the environment through the willing
transfer of technology. |
Prevents governments from screening out companies with
poor environmental records. |
| Stronger global economies will stabilize and strengthen
the economies and governments of individual nations. |
Obstructs efforts to structure the world economy into
a more environmentally friendly and sustainable direction. |
