Canada–European Union CETA re-concluded in February to incorporate EU ICS proposal
Responding to EU requests, Canadian and EU officials reopened negotiations of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) concluded in 2014 to reformulate the agreement’s investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) clause. Re-concluded on February 29, the CETA now includes a standing tribunal and an appeals mechanism, in line with the EU ICS proposal, also included in the recent EU–Vietnam free trade agreement (FTA). The CETA parties also state the shared objective of establishing a permanent multilateral investment court.