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Belgium asks ECJ to review CETA investor protections' compliance with treaties

September 6, 2017 at 5:42 PM
The Belgian government on Wednesday asked the European Court of Justice to review whether the investment court system in the European Union-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement is consistent with EU law. The EU put forward a similar investment court system proposal in the context of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations with the U.S. The U.S. pushed back against the EU's proposal in TTIP, saying that the proposal for a permanent roster of judges -- 15 for an...

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