Liberals pitch ‘progressive’ model for controversial trade court worldwide

Top trading partners met to kick the tires of the proposed legal system during a meeting in December.

New Trade Minister François-Philippe Champagne will lead the government's effort to bring more countries on board with a reworked system for settling disputes between businesses and governments linked through a trade deal.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

January 11, 2017

Canada's government is trying to sell other countries on a new international investor-versus-state court system that helped to save its trade deal with Europe, as it aims to become a champion of "progressive" free trade in the w...

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