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.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05ntj7p
