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Treaty with China will be Canada's biggest trade deal since NAFTA.
from the Vancouver Observer
"A Canada-China investment treaty, known as FIPPA, will hamstring BC from negotiating a greater share of profits and creating regulations related to the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline for the next 31 years once it comes into effect at the end of October, an international investment law expert warns.
"'This treaty, in effect, will pre-empt important elements of the debate of the Northern Gateway pipeline and may frustrate in a very significant way the ability of the current BC government or any future government — if the NDP were to win in spring — from stopping that pipeline or bargaining a better deal for BC,' said Gus Van Harten, an Osgoode Law professor who specializes in international investment law. …"