Trade treaties expose Australia to costly litigation, experts warn

By Georgia Wilkins
Updated September 1 2014 - 4:18pm, first published 2:35pm
'It is a complete reorganisation of sovereignty.'
'It is a complete reorganisation of sovereignty.'

Australia risks getting swept up in a wave of litigation by foreign corporations wishing to sue over unfavourable domestic laws, experts warn, after the government rejected a bill to ban controversial trade agreements.

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