SUNDAY 4 AUGUST 2019Post-Brexit trade deals put
poorer countries at risk of
corporate legal action
Traidcraft Exchange wants Liz Truss to rule out use of a legal mechanism (AP)
ANDREW WOODCOCK
As Britain prepares to negotiate a slew of trade agreements around the world after Brexit, development
campaigners are urging trade secretary Liz Truss to rule out the use of a mechanism which has seen poor
countries sued for billions by multilateral corporations.
More than 900 cases have been brought over the past two decades under “investor-state dispute