> existing law is changed Like every law that's ever been passed has done? > previous rules that governments are > able to govern their state are over

> existing law is changed Like every law that's ever been passed has done? > previous rules that governments are > able to govern their state are overruled Like every international agreement that's ever been signed? All of whom give up some state sovereignty. > Court systems and existing law are overruled. I wouldn't say "overruled", at this point the state has agreed to cede certain matters to an international tribunal as part of the trade agreement. So you could say "overruled", you could also say "the parties involved voluntarily decided to change the process". Which doesn't sound that scary, does it? > This is no market solution (the strongest wins) If the strongest was really winning to the detriment of everyone else they could just stop participating in the trade agreement. > This is extortion and the loss of the rule of law. So the rule of law can only exist on the national level, and can't be enforced by an international body that nation-states have agreed to enact? To me that sounds very much like how courts are enacted by states, which most people consider part of the rule of law.