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Canada, EU push for new investment court as other countries shy away

With little public discussion, Canada agreed to substitute an investment tribunal for investor-state arbitration in the Canadian-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

Opinion | BY ARMAND DE MESTRAL | March 7, 2018

Then-trade minister Chrystia Freeland speaks with Martin Schulz, then-president of the European Parliament, about the Canada-European Union free trade agreement in October 2016. To clinch the deal, Canada and the EU agreed to adjudicate disputes through a multilateral investment court instead of the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism used in traditional trade deals. Melanie Wenger photograph courtesy of the European Union

Canada, EU push for new investment court as other countries shy away

Opinion | BY ARMAND DE MESTRAL | March 7, 2018

With little public discussion, Canada agreed to substitute an investment tribunal for investor-state arbitration in the Canadian-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

Canada, EU push for new investment court as other countries shy away

Opinion | BY ARMAND DE MESTRAL | March 7, 2018

With little public discussion, Canada agreed to substitute an investment tribunal for investor-state arbitration in the Canadian-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

Then-trade minister Chrystia Freeland speaks with Martin Schulz, then-president of the European Parliament, about the Canada-European Union free trade agreement in October 2016. To clinch the deal, Canada and the EU agreed to adjudicate disputes through a multilateral investment court instead of the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism used in traditional trade deals. Melanie Wenger photograph courtesy of the European Union

Canada, EU push for new investment court as other countries shy away

With little public discussion, Canada agreed to substitute an investment tribunal for investor-state arbitration in the Canadian-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

Opinion | BY ARMAND DE MESTRAL | March 7, 2018

Then-trade minister Chrystia Freeland speaks with Martin Schulz, then-president of the European Parliament, about the Canada-European Union free trade agreement in October 2016. To clinch the deal, Canada and the EU agreed to adjudicate disputes through a multilateral investment court instead of the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism used in traditional trade deals. Melanie Wenger photograph courtesy of the European Union

Canada, EU push for new investment court as other countries shy away

Opinion | BY ARMAND DE MESTRAL | March 7, 2018

With little public discussion, Canada agreed to substitute an investment tribunal for investor-state arbitration in the Canadian-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

Canada, EU push for new investment court as other countries shy away

Opinion | BY ARMAND DE MESTRAL | March 7, 2018

With little public discussion, Canada agreed to substitute an investment tribunal for investor-state arbitration in the Canadian-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

Then-trade minister Chrystia Freeland speaks with Martin Schulz, then-president of the European Parliament, about the Canada-European Union free trade agreement in October 2016. To clinch the deal, Canada and the EU agreed to adjudicate disputes through a multilateral investment court instead of the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism used in traditional trade deals. Melanie Wenger photograph courtesy of the European Union