Private investment is important, too. But the new investment provisions embedded in the trade agreements that the Obama administration is negotiating across both oceans imply that accompanying any such foreign direct investment comes a marked reduction in governments’ abilities to regulate the environment, health, working conditions, and even the economy.
私人投资也很重要。但奥巴马政府正在两个大洋谈判的贸易协定的新投资条款意味着，与外国直接投资一起到来的将是政府监管环境、卫生、工作条件乃至整个经济的能力的显著下降。