Fundamental to America’s system of government is an impartial public judiciary, with legal standards built up over the decades, based on principles of transparency, precedent, and the opportunity to appeal unfavorable decisions. All of this is being set aside, as the new agreements call for private, non-transparent, and very expensive arbitration.
美国政府制度的基石是公正的公共司法，几十年来，法律标准建立在透明、先例和就不利判决拥有上诉机会的原则之上。如今，所有这些都被“靠边站”，新协定要求私下的、不透明的、极其昂贵的仲裁。此外，这一安排常常涉及各种利益冲突；比如，仲裁者可能在某个案子中是“法官”，而在另一个相关案子中是利益主张者。