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

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
Opinion | BY ARMAND DE MESTRAL | March 7, 2018
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
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
Opinion | BY ARMAND DE MESTRAL | March 7, 2018
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