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U.S. wary of EU proposal for investment court in trade pact

October 30, 2015

Via: itCurated
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The United States is wary of a European Union proposal for a new court system to settle investment disputes as part of the world’s biggest free-trade agreement, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said.

A Pacific trade deal agreed earlier this month amended rules allowing foreign companies to take legal action against governments to add more safeguards, he said, and Washington was open to discussing other reforms as part of a proposed trade deal with the EU.