Why RCEP is more dangerous than bilateral investment treaties
Crucial to RCEP’s investment protection chapter is the highly controversial Investor-State Dispute
Settlement mechanism, a system of privatised justice characterised by
international arbitration tribunals outside of the reach of domestic
legal systems, explains Cecilia Olivet of TNI
Not for us: Protesters under the umbrella of the Indonesian People
Coalition for Economic Justice rally in front of Merdeka Palace in
Jakarta. They profoundly reject the Regional Comprehensive Economic
Partnership (RCEP) negotiation because the clauses, they say, will pave
the way for global investors to dominate the economy and harm state
interests as well as public welfare. (JP/Bimo Raharjo)
