Senate debates

Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Questions without Notice

Trade

2:43 pm

Photo of Peter Whish-WilsonPeter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. As the senator would be aware, under the North American free trade agreement the multinational corporation Archer Daniels Midland, known as ADM, successfully sued Mexico under ISDS provisions for legislation enacted by the Mexican parliament. Given that the ADM bid for GrainCorp was recently rejected under a national interest test, can the minister rule out whether, under ISDS provisions, foreign investors could sue over future national interest test outcomes or changes to our foreign investment framework?

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