<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a href="http://rooseveltinstitute.org/joseph-stiglitz-and-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp" class="">http://rooseveltinstitute.org/joseph-stiglitz-and-trans-pacific-partnership-tpp</a><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><div class="field field-type-text field-field-intro" style="margin: 0px -45px 25px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.6em; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.36000001430511475px;"><div class="field-items" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="odd field-item" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Joseph Stiglitz pens letter to congress raising concerns about investor-state provision in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). </div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(79, 79, 79); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.36000001430511475px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;" class="">Roosevelt Institute Chief Economist Joseph Stiglitz sent a letter to House and Senate leadership raising concerns about the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provision being considered as part of our trade negotiations. He notes that both progressives and conservatives have come out against this provision.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(79, 79, 79); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.36000001430511475px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;" class=""><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">The Nobel laureate writes, “There is much confusion about ISDS, but plain and simple: ISDS is about rewriting the rules of how our economy works, tipping the balance of power in favor of big businesses at the expense of workers and the public here and in partner countries.”</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(79, 79, 79); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.36000001430511475px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;" class=""><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">Read full letter below.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(79, 79, 79); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.36000001430511475px; line-height: 21.600000381469727px;" class=""> <a title=" Stiglitz on Trade Deal on Scribd" href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/265770405/Letter-to-Congress-Stiglitz-on-Trade-Deal" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(223, 152, 21); text-decoration: none;" class="">Letter to Congress: Stiglitz on Trade Deal</a></p></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>