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"We must take the global lead on the path to reform," says Malmstrom (Photo: © European Union 2015 - EC,Photo : Boulougouris Georges)

EU proposes new trade court with US

The European Commission on Wednesday (16 September) unveiled plans to let firms challenge government decisions in a special court as part of a larger free trade pact with the US.

Its proposal says the “investment court system”, to be set up jointly with the United States, would be presided by a panel of 15 judges and include an arbitration tribunal.

The introduction of judges and arbitration marks a change from the alternative model, the much-loathed ISDS (investor-to-state disput...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

"We must take the global lead on the path to reform," says Malmstrom (Photo: © European Union 2015 - EC,Photo : Boulougouris Georges)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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