A parliament that cannot initiate legislation and not even completely refuse legislation introduced to the session. Very weird.
In UK analogies it's more like the house of lords except it has less revision power on the legislation before it.
First: this is still direct influence by the people.
Second: UK parliament theoretically has this power, but in practice private members bills are either trivial, filibustered, or both ("nurses should have free parking at the hospitals they work in"). In practice this is up to the government, and given how much of the uk government is "convention" rather than constitution, it's almost impossible to untangle it without at least a politics degree.
Third: can you name literally even one other trade agreement that tries? If there is one, and there may be, I've not heard of it.
