Freeland defends EU’s investment court to its own Parliamentarians after CETA update

CETA no ‘backdoor’ to phony U.S. investor-state dispute settlement suits, say trade lawyers.

Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, right, and CETA chief negotiator Steve Verheul, second from right, meet with EU Parliament President Martin Schulz, left, in Brussels.Photograph courtesy of the EU Parliament.

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

April 27, 2016

Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland found herself in the awkward position last week of defending the EU's proposed investment court to members of its own Parliament, during the first appearance of a Trudeau minister before the European body. Canada and the European Union recently renegotiated the inve...

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