I go back to the same comments I basically made before. Affordability and standards of living are an issue. We can improve affordability greatly by eliminating all environmental controls and allowing me to dump my toxic waste in the corner, but we don't do that. We regulate.
The authority and the ability of government to regulate and not be penalized for controls that diminish profitability are essential. I see these agreements as trading away government's ability to do that. We can pass laws, but then, if governments are paying multi-million-dollar settlements for their actions, these actions of government are effectively neutralized. That's what these agreements do.
The answer is not affordability at any price. That's what we have now, and look where we are.