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Canada has an ISDS clause with the US. It has faced 35 challenges. Is this Australia's future?

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imageCanada has lost or settled seven ISDS claims in the last decade, paying out more than CA$170 million in damages.Reuters/Blair Gable

Australia and Canada have a great deal in common - a British colonial past; large and sparsely populated territories; and resource-intensive economies.

Two other similarities also bear mentioning: the economies of both...

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